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Vivat Rex 12: Tennis Balls

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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 and Paul Scofield as The Chorus

In which Falstaff is rejected and a French challenge is accepted.

Produced and directed by Gerry Jones.

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Gerry Jones
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Chorus:
Paul Scofield
Henry V:
Martin Jarvis
Falstaff:
Anthony Quayle
Justice Shallow:
Roy Dotrice
Davy:
James Thomson
Warwick:
Alan Rowe
Lord Chief Justice:
Robert Harris
Prince John:
Colin Baker
Gloucester:
Bernard Hepton
Clarence:
Geoffrey Collins
Justice Silence:
Richard Goolden
Bardolph:
Timothy Bateson
Pistol:
John Hollis
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Cyril Shaps
Exeter:
Brian Haines
Westmoreland:
David Graham
French Ambassador:
William Eedle
Nym:
Malcolm Hayes
Mistress Quickly:
June Whitfield
Falstaff's Page:
Crispin Gillzard
Source: Radio Times

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