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How do people find The Hollow Crown as an adaptation of the Henriad cycles? [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Crown_(TV_series)

The Richard II eith Ben Whishaw is great! Didn’t care that much for the rest.

Simon Russell Beale's Falstaff was superb IMO. Hiddleston as a good Hal. Jeremy Irons was, well, Jeremy Irons

I rather enjoyed the first four. the latter three with Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III were rather weak. Especially when you look at Olivier's film.

Oh Lord, SRB in the Almeida’s Richard II was a chore, good at despair but the play was pared down and confusing instead of challenging.

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