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Henry VIII by WILLIAM SHAKE-SPEARE adapted for radio in two parts by MARTIN JENKINS , and originally broadcast in the series Vivat Rex.
Part 1: Divorce
In which Cardinal Wolsey destroys a marriage and the King falls for Anne Boleyn.
MuSiC by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN Directed by MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Viii
Unknown:
Martin Jenkins
Unknown:
Anne Boleyn.
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
the Storyteller:
Richard Burton
Henry VIII:
Robert Lang
Ouoen Katherine:
Sian Phillips
Cardinal Wolsey:
Stephen Murray
the Old Lady ;:
Flora Robsen
Crier:
Douglas Blackwell
Norfolk:
Kevin Flood
Gardiner:
Jonathan Scon
Secretary to Buckingham:
Kenneth Shanley
Sands:
Peter Howell
Lovell:
Timothy Bateson
Lord Chamberlain:
Jack May
First Gentleman:
James Thomason
Second Gentleman:
Gavin Campbell
Suffolk:
Henry Knowles
Cardinal Campeius:
Peter Bull
Scribe:
Malcolm Gerard
Source: Radio Times

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