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Vivat Rex

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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 episodes by Martin Jenkins
Music by Christopher Whelen

1: The King's Favourite in which Gaveston returns from exile and sows the seeds of destruction.
John Hurt as Edward II with James Laurenson, Sarah Badel, Cyril Luckham, Mark Dignam and John Shrapnel
The story is told by Richard Burton

Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins. (Rptd: Tues 3.5pm)
For free booklet send large SAE to Vivat Rex, [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Christopher Marlowe
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
King Edward II:
John Hurt
Piers Gaveston:
James Laurenson
Young Mortimer:
John Shrapnel
Lancaster:
Mark Dignam
The Elder Mortimer:
Douglas Blackwell
Young Mortimer:
John Shrapnel
Duke of Kent:
Michael Harbour
Warwick:
Michael Spice
Bishop of Coventry:
David Graham
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Cyril Luckham
Queen Isabella:
Sarah Badel
Beaumont/Messenger:
Andrew Seear
Baldock:
Jonathan Scott
Young Spenser:
Christopher Bidmead
Niece:
Jane Knowles
Arundel:
Geoffrey Beevers
James/Guard:
Howard Benbrook
Source: Radio Times

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