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Vivat Rex: 10: Corruption

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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.
The story is told by Richard Burton
In which Sir John escapes from marriage and Justice Shallow supplies him soldiers.

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music:
Christopher Whelen
Producer/Director:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Prince Hal (later Henry V):
Martin Jarvis
Mistress Quickly:
June Whitfield
Falstaff:
Anthony Quayle
Fang/Drawer:
Jeffrey Segal
Snare/Francis:
Steve Hodson
Falstaff's page:
Crispin Gillbard
Lord Chief Justice:
Robert Harris
Gower:
Geoffrey Matthews
Poins:
Nigel Anthony
Bardolph:
Timothy Bateson
Nym:
Malcolm Hayes
Doll Tearsheet:
Billie Whitelaw
Pistol:
John Hollis
Peto:
Rod Beacham
Justice Shallow:
Roy Dotrice
Justice Silence:
Richard Goolden
Mouldy:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Shadow:
Jonathan Scott
Wart:
Michael Goldie
Feeble:
Leslie Heritage
Bull Calf:
Douglas Blackwell

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