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Vivat Rex 11: Deception

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A dramatic chronicle of the English Crown through 200 years of its history by the Elizabethan playwrights Shakespeare, Marlowe and their contemporaries, adapted in 26 parts by Martin Jenkins
Music by Christopher Whelen
The story is told by Richard Burton

In which the rebels are lured into a trap and the King dies in Jerusalem.

Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Henry IV:
Robert Hardy
Prince Hal (later Henry V):
Martin Jarvis
Prince John, his brother:
Colin Baker
Falstaff:
Anthony Quayle
Mowbray:
William Eedle
Hastings:
Neville Jason
Messenger/Harcourt:
Walter Hall
Westmoreland:
David Graham
Coleville:
John Corvin
Gloucester:
Bernard Hepton
Clarence:
Geoffrey Collins
Warwick:
Alan Rowe
Archbishop of York:
David Neal
Source: Radio Times

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