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The Spread of the Eagle: Part 1: The Hero

on BBC Television

(Coriolanus, Acts 1 and 3)
A nine-part cycle based on three Roman plays by William Shakespeare.
Starring Robert Hardy, Roland Culver, Beatrix Lehmann, Frank Pettingell

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Producer:
Peter Dews
Music composed and conducted by:
Christopher Whelen
Fights arranged by:
John Greenwood
Fights arranged by:
Derek Ware
Costumes supervised by:
Elizabeth Agombar
Make-up supervised by:
Tommy Manderson
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Citizen:
Bernard Lloyd
Citizen:
Terry Wale
Citizen:
Michael Graham Cox
Citizen:
Paul Bailey
Menenius Agrippa:
Roland Culver
Caius Martius (later Coriolanus):
Robert Hardy
Messenger:
Roy Herrick
Roman Senator:
Maurice Colbourne
Cominius:
Noel Johnson
Titus Lartius:
Roger Croucher
Sicinius Velutus:
Peter Jeffrey
Junius Brutus:
Frank Pettingell
Volsce Senator:
David King
Volsce Senator:
Paul Harris
Tullus Aufldius:
Jerome Willis
Volumnia:
Beatrix Lehmann
Virgilia:
Jennifer Daniel
Gentlewoman:
Hilary Wright
Valeria:
Mary Steele
Messenger:
John Greenwood
Roman Soldier:
Raymond Clarke
Roman Soldier:
David Weston
Roman Soldier:
Leonard Cracknell
Roman Soldier:
Ben Harte
Roman Soldier:
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Roman Lieutenant:
Charles Laurence
Lieutenant to Aufidius:
John Barcroft
The Aedile:
Hugh Dickson
[Actress]:
Pamela Craig
[Actress]:
Marion Desmond
[Actor]:
Bernard Finch
[Actor]:
John Gay
[Actor]:
Barry Jackson
[Actress]:
Caroline Stephens
[Actress]:
Wendy Varnals
[Actor]:
Paul Webster

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