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Vivat Rex 17: Witchcraft

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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 Joan is burnt at the stake, and a blind man is given his sight.

Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins
(Peggy Ashcroft is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Henry VI:
James Laurenson
Queen Margaret:
Peggy Ashcroft
Suffolk:
Julian Glover
Reignier:
James Thomason
York:
Peter Jeffrey
Joan's father:
Jeffrey Segal
Joan la Pucelle:
Hannah Gordon
Warwick:
Charles Gray
Gloucester:
Bernard Hepton
Winchester:
Peter Howell
Duchess of Gloucester:
Irene Sutcliffe
Somerset:
David Buck
Bolingbroke:
Jonathan Scott
Southwell:
William Eedle
Margery Jourdain:
Mary Wimbush
Saunder Simpcox:
Ronald Herdman
Wife of Simpcox:
Joan Matheson
Source: Radio Times

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