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Vivat Rex 18: Jack Cade

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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 Suffolk is captured by pirates, and London invaded by a mob.

Directed by Gerry Jones
(Peggy Ashcroft is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Gerry Jones
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Henry VI:
James Laurenson
Queen Margaret:
Peggy Ashcroft
Warwick:
Charles Gray
Suffolk:
Julian Glover
Winchester:
Peter Howell
Somerset:
David Buck
York:
Peter Jeffrey
Gloucester:
Bernard Hepton
Captain/Dick Butcher:
Rod Beacham
First murderer/Smith/Weaver:
Walter Hall
Second murderer/Walter Whitmore:
David Graham
Exeter:
Brian Haines
Pirate Captain/Soldier:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Gentleman/Clerk:
Jonathan Scott
Bo'sun/Michael:
Peter Craze
Jack Cade:
Douglas Blackwell
Old Clifford:
Hector Ross
Alexander Iden:
Neville Jason
Source: Radio Times

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