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Vivat Rex 6: King of Snow

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

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 one King is deposed and another King is crowned.

Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins
(Rptd: Tues 3.5 pm)
Robert Hardy's preview: p 17

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Richard II:
Derek Jacobi
Bolingbroke, later Henry IV:
Robert Hardy
Bushy:
Nigel Lambert
Queen Isabella:
Maureen O'Brien
Greene:
Christopher Good
Duke of York:
Clifford Rose
Northumberland:
Patrick Troughton
Duke of Aumerle:
Malcolm Reid
Bishop of Carlisle/1st gardener:
Timothy West
Salisbury/2nd gardener/Surrey:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Lady-in-waiting:
Joan Matheson
Westmoreland:
David Graham
Source: Radio Times

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