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Fall of a Protector, The

Synopsis
Tenth episode in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British royalty from 1377 to 1485. This episode covers Henry VI, Part 2, Acts 1-III.
Series
Age of Kings, An
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Notes
Commercially available on DVD as part of a 5-disc box set from BBC Warner (released March 2009). A written transcript of the series is being held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Eternity of Kings, An

Online availability

URI
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/527213/index.html

Credits

Director
Michael Hayes
Producer
Peter Dews
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Christopher Whelen
Art Direction
Stanley Morris
Contributor
Arthur Bliss; Eric Crozier; Lionel Salter
Cast
Alan Rowe 
Anthony Valentine 
Audrey Noble 
David Andrews 
Derek Ware 
Edgar Wreford 
Frank Windsor 
Gordon Gostelow 
Jack May 
Jeffry Wickham 
Jeremy Bisley 
Jerome Willis 
John Greenwood 
John Murray Scott 
John Ringham 
John Warner 
Julian Glover 
Kenneth Farrington 
Leon Shepperdson 
Mary Morris 
Nan Mariott-Watson 
Nancie Jackson 
Noel Johnson 
Patrick Garland 
Robert Lang 
Terence Lodge 
Terry Scully 
Terry Wale 
Timothy Harley 
Tony Garnett 

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web
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Fax
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