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Elizabeth R: The Lion's Cub

on BBC Two England

by John Hale
[Starring] Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I
A second showing of the first of six plays
[with] Ronald Hines as William Cecil, Daphne Slater as Mary Tudor, Rachel Kempson as Kat Ashley

"...made a political thriller as fast, urgent and exciting as Dumas." (Peter Black, Daily Mail)
"The colours and costumes, sets and scenes and images are as striking, gorgeous and evocative as we knew they would be." (Maurice Wiggin, Sunday Times)
(There's something about a Tudor: p 3)

Contributors

Writer:
John Hale
Costumes:
Elizabeth Waller
Make-up:
Dawn Alcock
Lighting:
Robert Wright
Sound:
Brian Hiles
Music:
David Munrow
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
Roderick Graham
Director:
Claude Whatham
Thomas Seymour, uncle of Edward VI:
John Ronane
Fowler, Secretary to the King:
Ian Barritt
Edward VI:
Jason Kemp
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Protector:
Philip Brack
Elizabeth I:
Glenda Jackson
Kat Ashley, Elizabeth's governness:
Rachel Kempson
Sir Thomas Parry, Treasurer:
Blake Butler
Sir Robert Tyrwhit:
Stanley Lebor
Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII:
Rosalie Crutchley
Lady Tyrwhit:
Nicolette Bernard
William Cecil:
Ronald Hines
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Bernard Hepton
Mary Tudor:
Daphne Slater
Guildford Dudley:
Robert Barry
Lady Jane Grey:
Sarah Frampton
de Noailles, French Ambassador:
Julian Holloway
Renard, Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire:
Brendan Barry
Sir Thomas Wyatt:
Robert Garrett
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor:
Basil Dignam
Earl of Sussex:
John Shrapnel
Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower:
Kevin Brennan
Guard:
Richard Parry
Sir Henry Bedingfield:
Alan Foss
Philip of Spain:
Peter Jeffrey

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