Patrick Stewart as Duke of Lancaster

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I did not know beans about Shakespeare’s RICHARD II until the Friday
night PBS presentation of “The Hollow Crown.”. Patrick Stewart appeared
in Italian Renaissance draped clothing as did others. So this was court
attire 100 years before Bosworth! Stewart delivered the famous speech
about “This sceptred isle, this England” in almost a whisper…

I did not have a clue about the rest of the cast, except the youth who
darted poor abdicated Richard II in the Tower seemed to be the same fellow who plays QC Martha Costello’s pupil in SILK.

Cheers, Singanas

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Moving over to Cafe Society.

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Sounds like the BBC series from last year. This will be the third thread on that series though I’m not quite sure what we’re discussing …

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My first thought when I saw the thread title was, “Patrick Stewart’s going to be in Game of Thrones? Sweet!”

Then I realized that Lancaster isn’t the same thing as Lannister. :smack:

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Are you talking about The Hollow Crown?

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According to the first sentence of the OP.

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Stewart didn’t disgrace himself. But of course the most direct comparison for some viewers would have been John Gielgud’s John of Gaunt (in the BBC Shakespeare film, which starred Derek Jacobi as Richard II).

Gielgud set a high bar.

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Patrick Stewart, Jonathon Frakes, and John de Lancie star in Henry V: TFF