Recorded live last year, this is our adaptation of the opening of A Mirror for Magistrates which covers The Fall of Richard II. We performed it live, and there were a few issues with the recording, so I've kept the edit fairly simple. The adaptation cuts the second poem on The Two Rogers, trims a few verses, and turns into acting dialogue the editorial meeting in the book. 

There was also a post show discussion, which will follow on the pod soon.



The Fall of Richard the Second

Adapted by Robert Crighton, from the opening of A Mirror for Magistrates. Performed on Thursday 11th April 2024 at the Quay Theatre, Sudbury.

A team of writers gather to write a sequel to John Lydgate’s Fall of Princes, to accompany it’s reprinting. They decide to conjure the ghosts of dead figures, having them the wrongs they committed in life.

Introduction – Valentina Vinci

George Ferrer (conjuring Robert Tresilian) – Liza Graham

Henry, Lord Stafford (conjuring Sir Thomas of Woodstock) – Stephen Longstaffe

William Baldwin (conjuring Lord Mowbray) – Robert Crighton

Sir Thomas Chaloner (conjuring King Richard II) – Kit McGuire



Other materials:

William Baldwin/Beware the Cat - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635670-beware-the-cat-by-william-baldwin

The Life and Death of Jack Straw (also Richard II) - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4629941-the-life-and-death-of-jack-straw

Thomas of Woodstock (also Richard II) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=639UxqcqScY&list=PLflmEwgdfKoJXBzOGF38vNRDJ78LC5pnm

Patreon Mirror Box Set - https://www.patreon.com/collection/483574



Our patrons received a rough cut of this episode in August 2024 - over eleven months in advance.

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