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Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by M. R. Ridley
John Byron
Gladys Young
Arthur Young , and Stephen Murray in ' KING HENRY VI'
(Shortened version of the three plays)
Fanfares and incidental music composed and directed by Antony Hopkins
Produced by Felix Felton
(The recorded broadcast of October 9 repeated. There will be an interval between 9.45 and 9.50 app.)

Contributors

Introduced By:
M. R. Ridley
Introduced By:
John Byron
Introduced By:
Gladys Young
Introduced By:
Arthur Young
Introduced By:
Stephen Murray
Directed By:
Antony Hopkins
Produced By:
Felix Felton
King Henry VI:
John Byron
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester:
Baliol Holloway
Henry Beaufort. Bishop of Winchester:
Arthur Young
Earl of Suffolk:
Andre Morell
Earl of Warwick:
Charles Lefeaux
Richard Plantagenet Duke of York:
Richard Williams
Earl of Somerset:
Cyril Gardiner
Margaret of Anjou:
Gladys Young
Earl of Salisbury:
Harold Scott
Thomas Horner an armourer:
Kenneth McClellan
Peter, his man:
Anthony Jacobs
Simpcox:
Frederick Bennett
Simpcox's wife:
Ella Milne
A snip's captain:
Donald Gray
Jack Cade:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Alexander Iden:
John Witty
Edward of York (afterwards:
Francis De Wolff
George Duke of Clarence:
David King-Wood
Richard Crookback (afterward Richard III):
............Stephen Murray
A son that killed his father:
Anthony Jacobs
A father that killed his son:
Desmond Deane
Lewis King of France:
Martin Lewis
Edward Prince of Wales:
Marjorie Westbury
Queen Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Kentish
Narrator:
Duncan Carse

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