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Vivat Rex: 15: Joan of Arc

on BBC Radio 4 FM

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
Martin Jarvis as Henry V, with Colin Baker. Bernard Hepton Michael Aldridge
Angela Pleasence and Hannah Gordon as Joan l,a Pucelle
In which Henry woos a French Princess and the French are wooed by a Shepherdess.
Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins
(Michael Aldridge is in 'The Bed Before Yesterday' at the Lyric Theatre. London; Clive Swift is in 'Dirty Linen' at the Arts Theatre Club)

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Henry V:
Martin Jarvis
Princess Katherine:
Angela Pleasence
Joan la Pucelle:
Hannah Gordon
Gower:
Geoffrey Matthews
Fluellen:
Gerald James
Pistol:
John Hollis
French King:
Hugh Dickson
Queen Isabel:
Shirley Dixon
Burgundy:
Michael Aldridge
Alice:
Yvonne Coulette
Talbot:
Clive Swift
Exeter:
Brian Raines
Prince John:
Colin Baker
Chorus:
Paul Scofield
Gloucester:
Bernard Hepton
Winchester:
Peter Howell
Westmoreland:
David Graham
Messenger/Soldier:
Alaric Cotter
The Dauphin:
John Rye
Alencon:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Reignier:
James Thomason
Bastard of Orleans:
William Sleigh
Master Gunner:
Michael Goldie

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