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The Wars of the Roses: King Richard III

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A sequence of Shakespeare's histories edited by Professor J. Dover Wilson
The play adapted and produced by Peter Watts
[Starring] Donald Wolfit and Sonia Dresdel

See page 11

During the interval (9.45-9.55 app.):
Music for fifteenth-century stringed instruments played by the Vielle Trio on gramophone records

Followed by an interlude at 10.55

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Edited By:
Professor J. Dover Wilson
Fanfares composed by:
John Hotchkis
Adapted by/Producer:
Peter Watts
Raphael Holinshed, the historian:
Richard Hurndall
Richard, Duke of Gloucester:
Donald Wolfit
George, Duke of Clarence:
Brian Hayes
Brackenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower:
Duncan Carse
Lord Hastings:
Peter Coke
Lady Anne, widow to the Prince of Wales (son to Henry VI):
Rosalind Iden
Earl Rivers, brother to Elizabeth:
Raf de la Torre
Sons to Elizabeth - The Marquess of Dorset:
William Patrick
Sons to Elizabeth - Lord Grey:
David Enders
Elizabeth, Queen to Edward IV:
Joan Hart
Duke of Buckingham:
William Fox
Lord Stanley:
Eric Anderson
Margaret, widow to Henry VI:
Sonia Dresdel
Sir William Catesby:
Anthony Jacobs
Two murderers:
Preston Lockwood
Two murderers:
Michael Bates
King Edward IV:
John Glen
The Duchess of York:
Elsa Palmer
Archbishop of York:
Graveley Edwards
Earl of Oxford:
Michael O'Halloran
Sons to Edward IV - Edward, Prince of Wales:
Warren Hearnden
Sons to Edward IV - The Duke of York:
G Blunt
Lord Mayor of London:
Howard Rose
Sir Richard Ratcliffe:
Tony Halfpenny
Lord Lovell:
Wyndham Milligan
A scrivener:
Frank Tickle
Sir James Tyrrel:
Patrick Troughton
Henry, Earl of Richmond:
Richard Bebb
The Ghost of Prince Edward (son to Henry VI):
John Greenwood
The Ghost of Henry VI:
Valentine Dyall
[Actor]:
Franklyn Bellamy
[Actor]:
John Cazabon
[Actor]:
Antony Kearey
[Actor]:
Arthur Lawrence
[Actor]:
Frank Tickle

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