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Vivat Rex 2: Revenge

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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 episodes by Martin Jenkins
Music for the series by Christopher Whelen

In which the Queen takes a lover and the King is in mortal danger.
John Hurt as Edward II with Sarah Badel, John Shrapnel, Cyril Luckham and Robert Eddison.
The story is told by Richard Burton

Produced and directed by Gerry Jones
(Robert Eddison is a National Theatre player)
For free booklet send large SAE to Vivat Rex, [address removed]

Contributors

Writer:
Christopher Marlowe
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Gerry Jones
Narrator:
Richard Burton
King Edward II:
John Hurt
Arundel/Leicester:
Geoffrey Beevers
Young Spenser:
Christopher Bidmead
Herald/Officer:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Earl of Kent:
Michael Harbour
Mortimer:
John Shrapnel
Queen Isabella:
Sarah Badel
Prince Edward:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Sir John of Hainault/Berkeley:
Timothy Bateson
Baldock:
Jonathan Scott
Abbot of Neath/Matrevis:
John Rowe
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Cyril Luckham
Gurney:
Rod Beacham
Lightborn:
Robert Eddison
Source: Radio Times

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