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The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company 1957: King John

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[Starring] Robert Harris, Alec Clunes and Joan Miller

King John
Third Programme
At 5.0 The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company 1957
by William Shakespeare

During the Interval (6.10-6.20 app.)
Keyboard pieces by Giles Farnaby played by Thurston Dart (harpsichord) on a gramophone record
followed by an interlude at 7.25

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Director:
Douglas Seale
Music:
Christopher Whelen
Music played by:
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Orchestra
Conductor:
Harold Ingram
Radio adaptation/Production:
Norman Wright
King John:
Robert Harris
Chatillon, ambassador from France:
Peter Cellier
Queen Elinor, mother to King John:
Molly Tapper
The Earl of Essex:
Antony Brown
Philip the Bastard:
Alec Clunes
Robert Faulconbridge, his half-brother:
James Wellman
Lady Faulconbridge:
Stephanie Bidmead
Lewis, the Dauphin:
Barry Warren
Arthur, Duke of Bretagne, nephew to King John:
Christopher Bond
Lymoges, Duke of Austria:
Clive Revill
Constance, mother to Arthur:
Joan Miller
King Philip of France:
Cyril Luckham
Blanch of Spain, niece to King John:
Doreen Aris
A citizen of Angiers:
Patrick Wymark
A French herald:
Thane Bettany
An English herald:
Peter Palmer
The Earl of Salisbury:
Donald Eccles
Cardinal Pandulph, the Pope's Legate:
Mark Dignam
Hubert:
Ron Haddrick
An executioner:
Julian Glover
The Earl of Pembroke:
Robin Lloyd
A messenger:
Derek Mayhew
Peter of Pomfret, a prophet:
William Eimhirit
The Lord Bigot:
Donald Layne-Smiih
Melun, a French lord:
Toby Robertson
A French soldier:
John Murray Scott
Prince Henry, son to King John:
Gordon Wright
Narrator:
Henry Davies
Other parts played by:
Mavis Edwards
Other parts played by:
Elizabeth Evans
Other parts played by:
Pamela Taylor
Other parts played by:
Robert Arnold
Other parts played by:
Edward Caddick
Other parts played by:
Simon Carter
Other parts played by:
John Davidson
Other parts played by:
Kenneth Gilbert
Other parts played by:
John Grayson
Other parts played by:
Norman Miller
Other parts played by:
Rex Robinson
Other parts played by:
John Salway
Other parts played by:
Gordon Souter
Other parts played by:
Roy Spencer

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