David isn't the only Richard II cast mate he has shared the stage with he was in Written on the Heart with Oliver Ford Davies, Youssef Kerkour, Sam Marks and Simon Throp. Written on the Heart was also directed by Greg Doran.
In addition to being on TV in Hamlet, Jim has also appeared in Being Human, Sex Chips and Rock n Roll, The Bill and he featured in the mini-series Flickers and Flambards.
He was also part of the June 2013 Live Internet 3 day experience of Midsummer Night's Dream as Egeus.
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| Felix Hayes and Jim Hooper in rehearsal for Midsummer Night's Dreaming. Photo by Kwame Lestrade |
In Richard II he will be playing the Bishop of Carlisle. "Within Richard II, Carlisle is one of only a few select men to remain completely loyal to King Richard, whom he knows to be the rightful King of England. He is present at Flint Castle with the king when he is captured by Bolingbroke. It is Carlisle who informs Bolingbroke of the death of his enemy, Thomas Mowbray, in Venice. During the deposition scene, Carlisle comes forward and utters some of the most famous lines in all of Shakespeare and a scalding prophesy for what will happen to later generations as a punishment for Henry's deposing of Richard." - http://www.shakespeareandhistory.com
"My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes,
But presently prevent the ways to wail.
To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,
Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe,
And so your follies fight against yourself.
Fear and be slain; no worse can come to fight:
And fight and die is death destroying death;
Where fearing dying pays death servile breath."
But presently prevent the ways to wail.
To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,
Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe,
And so your follies fight against yourself.
Fear and be slain; no worse can come to fight:
And fight and die is death destroying death;
Where fearing dying pays death servile breath."
