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The Wars of the Roses: Part 1: The Inheritance

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by William Shakespeare.
Adapted by John Barton.
[Starring] The Royal Shakespeare Company
in Peter Hall's production broadcast in eleven parts.
First shown on BBC-1
See page 43

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Adapted by/Director, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
John Barton
Music, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
Guy Woolfenden
Settings and costumes, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
John Bury
Director, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
Peter Hall
Producer, for BBC Television:
Michael Barry
Director, for BBC Television:
Robin Midgley
Bedford:
John Normington
Gloucester:
Paul Hardwick
Exeter:
Donald Burton
Winchester:
Nicholas Selby
Captain to Talbot:
David Waller
The Dauphin:
Charles Kay
Reignier:
Donald Layne-Smith
Alencon:
Peter Geddis
Orleans:
Gareth Morgan
Joan la Pucelle:
Janet Suzman
Plantagenet:
Donald Sinden
Suffolk:
William Squire
Somerset:
Philip Brack
Vernon:
Rhys McConnochie
Warwick:
Brewster Mason
Lawyer:
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Mortimer:
Charles Thomas
Lieutenant of the Tower:
Ted Valentine
Lord Talbot:
Clive Morton
Burgundy:
Hugh Sullivan
French Soldier:
Peter Forbes-Robertson
English Soldier:
David Rowlands
King Henry VI:
David Warner
Messenger:
James Laurenson
Bassett:
Stephen Hancock
Source: Radio Times

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