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by William Shakespeare.
Adapted by John Barton.

The Royal Shakespeare Company in Peter Hall's production broadcast in eleven parts.

(First shown on BBC-1)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Adapted by/Director, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
John Barton
Music, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
Guy Woolfenden
Settings designed by:
John Bury
Costumes in collaboration with:
Ann Curtis
Director, for the Royal Shakespeare Company:
Peter Hall
Producer, for BBC Television:
Michael Barry
Director, for BBC Television:
Michael Hayes
Richard:
Ian Holm
Clarence:
Charles Kay
King Edward IV:
Roy Dotrice
Hastings:
Hugh Sullivan
Rivers:
Derek Waring
Buckingham:
William Squire
Norfolk:
David Hargreaves
Warwick:
Brewster Mason
Oxford:
Maurice Jones
First Watch:
Marshall Jones
Second Watch:
David Rowlands
Third Watch:
Roger Jones
Queen Elizabeth:
Susan Engel
King Henry VI:
David Warner
Exeter:
Donald Burton
Richmond:
Lee Menzies
Margaret:
Peggy Ashcroft
Prince Edward:
Alan Tucker
Messenger:
Guy Gordon

A topical magazine of the arts.
Introduced by Julian Jebb.
This edition includes:

Invisible Man
A portrait of the American author Ralph Ellison. His single novel was recently voted one of the greatest books of post-war America
Filmed in New York

A Z Car to the West End
A Smashing Day - Alan Plater's first West End play - opened last night at the Arts Theatre, directed by John Fernald. Plater scripted eighteen Z Cars programmes. He talks about the difference between writing for television and writing for the theatre.

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Jebb
Interviewee (Invisible Man):
Ralph Ellison
Interviewer (Invisible Man):
Richard Kostelanetz
Director (Invisible Man):
Peter Simon
Interviewee (A Z Car to the West End):
Alan Plater
Director:
Leo Aylen
Director:
John Mapplebeck
Director:
Tristram Powell
Producer:
Melvyn Bragg

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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