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Vivat Rex 8: Vulgar Company

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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
Music by Christopher Whelen
The story is told by Richard Burton

In which Falstaff impersonates the King and Prince Hal vows to be a King.

Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins.
(Anthony Quayle is a member of the RSC, Stratford)

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Narrator:
Richard Burton
Henry IV:
Robert Hardy
Prince Hal (later Henry V):
Martin Jarvis
Mistress Quickly:
June Whitfield
Poins:
Nigel Anthony
Falstaff:
Anthony Quayle
Bardolph:
Timothy Bateson
Peto:
Rod Beacham
Sherriff:
James Thomason
Traveller/messsenger:
Walter Hall
Blunt:
Douglas Blackwell
Hotspur:
Robert Powell
Douglas:
Robert Trotter
Worcester:
Peter Howell
Vernon:
Michael Harbour
Source: Radio Times

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