Oscar Asche as Bolingbroke
Oscar Asche as Bolingbroke
Frank Benson as Richard
Productions of Richard II
1900. Frank Benson's troupe performed Richard II 16 times (March 15-May 5) at the Lyceum Theatre (London). Benson played Richard, Oscar Asche Mowbray, Harcourt Williams Hotspur, Frank Rodney Bolingbroke, and Lily Brayton the Queen (Wearing, 1900-09, I, 14).
1901. Frank Benson played Richard II in eight performances (March 13-25) of the play at the Comedy Theatre (London). Lilian Braithwaite played the Queen and Frank Rodney Bolingbroke V (Wearing, 1901-9, I, 79-80).
1901. April 15 marked the opening of Frank Benson's festival season at Stratford-upon-Avon. The company presented for the first time at Stratford a cycle of the history plays: King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, Part 2, and Richard III. The company presented five other plays as well, including Much Ado About Nothing (Loney, I, 8).