# Patrick Stewart as Duke of Lancaster **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378 "2013-09-21T12:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_H\_Singanas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@David\_H\_Singanas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_H_Singanas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/1 "2013-09-21T12:42:01Z")
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 1. unsaved ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/2 "2013-09-21T14:39:06Z")
Moving over to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/3 "2013-09-21T16:09:11Z")
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 … > **[The Hollow Crown (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Crown_%28TV_series%29)** > > The Hollow Crown is a series of British television film adaptations of William Shakespeare's history plays. > The first series is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V, starring Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston. Olivier Award winners Rupert Goold, Richard Eyre and Thea Sharrock directed the telefilms, which were produced by Rupert Ryle-Hodges for BBC Two and executive produced by Sam Mendes ... ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/4 "2013-09-21T17:19:42Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/5 "2013-09-21T18:05:31Z")
Are you talking about _The Hollow Crown_? ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/6 "2013-09-21T18:27:58Z")
According to the first sentence of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/7 "2013-09-21T20:38:42Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-as-duke-of-lancaster/669378/8 "2013-09-21T21:05:41Z")
Patrick Stewart, Jonathon Frakes, and John de Lancie star in Henry V: TFF