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Based on William Shakespeare's history plays comprising the 'Henriad', including King Richard II, King Henry IV part 1, King Henry IV part 2, and King Henry V, the film features recurring stories of power struggles, family conflict, atonement, and betrayal in a continuous period in British history, from the end of the 14th century to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
For the most part, the flexibility that television provides is used to good advantage in The Hollow Crown to clarify the action and enhance the dynamics.
The trump card of Hollow Crown, of course, is that it was written by Shakespeare - and if the language sounds stilted to modern ears, anyone who listens for more than a few minutes will be properly seduced.
This is a definitive visual portrait of Richard II, the single best widely available instance of a severely underrated history play with dramatic thematic ramifications for English identity.