Henry Bolingbroke has ascended the throne as King Henry IV. Hounded by misgivings over slaying Richard II, he endorses a crusade in the Holy Land but is thwarted by unrest in Scotland and Wales.

Bailey gives an engrossing performance as Richard, whose corrupt misrule fuels popular support for the usurper cousin, Henry Bolingbroke (Royce Pierreson), despite the medieval doctrine that the ...

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The film begins as KING RICHARD II (Ben Whishaw) tries to resolve a bitter dispute between his cousin, HENRY BOLINGBROKE (Rory Kinnear) and THOMAS MOWBRAY (James Purefoy). BOLINGBROKE has been ...

With King Henry IV on his deathbed, Hal mistakenly thinks Bolingbroke is dead and leaves his father's bedside with the crown. Bolingbroke awakes and is distressed by this -- he believes Prince Hal ...

Her fears are confirmed when SIR HENRY GREEN (Harry Haddenn Paton) charges into the room to announce that BOLINGBROKE has landed on English soil. YORK joins them and, as the country’s Governor ...