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The Duke of York was played by Michael Bates in 1955 and Derek Francis and Richard Wandsworth in 1956. According to the theatre critic Kenneth Tynan Michael Bates made the Duke of York 'a comic sketch for Polonius'. The names on the design have probably been added at a later date.\n\nLeslie Hurry designed sets, costumes and props for this production, which opened on 18 January 1955. It starred John Neville in the title role. Richard II was revived at the Old Vic on 3 July 1956 with a number of cast changes and then toured under the auspices of Sol Hurok to the U.S.A where it was seen in New York in October 1956. Michael Northern served as Technical Assistant to Leslie Hurry. Photographs by Houston Rogers in the V & A's Theatre and Performance collections show the production on stage. Cartoons in the Tatler (2 February 1955) show Bolingbroke, the Duke of York and John of Gaunt.\n\nThe costumes were made in the Old Vic Wardrobe under the direction of Dinah Greet, the men's costumes being made by Sue Jackson and Joanna Banks. The Daily Telegraph described the costumes as \"gorgeous\".\n\n","physicalDescription":"Pen, crayon and watercolour costume design on paper by Leslie Hurry for William Shakespeare's Richard II directed by Michael Benthall for the Old Vic theatre, London 1955. 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