King John
- Alternative title
- Scene - ‘King John’ - Now Playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, A Beerbohm Tree, The Great British Actor
- Synopsis
- Four scenes from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, one of which survives. The descriptions quoted are from the copyright records in The National Archives:
THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR ANGIERS - "King John of England instigating Hubert de Burgh to murder King Arthur of Brittany the rightful Heir to the Throne".
THE FRENCH KING’S TENT - "The Lady Constance, Mother of Arthur, hearing that her boy is prisoner in King John’s hands passionately denounces those who have deserted him".
THE ORCHARD OF SWINSTEAD ABBEY (first scene) - "The last moments of King John of England in the Orchard of Swinstead". This is the surviving sequence from the film, which shows King John in his death agony, seated in a chair, watched by Prince Henry, Pembroke and Robert Bigot.
THE ORCHARD OF SWINSTEAD ABBEY (second scene) - "The little Prince Henry, afterwards Henry III, accepted by the Barons as John’s Successor & Faulconbridge prophesies a glorious future for England under the Youthful King". - Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1899
- Notes
- Originally filmed in 70 mm; viewing copies in archives are on 35 mm. There is a further fragment of just five feet at the BFI National Archive, which shows King John rising out of his seat.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Online availability
Credits
- Director
- William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson
- Cinematographer
- William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson
- Production Design
- Walter Pfeffer Dando
- Cast
Dora Senior F.M. Paget Franklyn McLeay Gerald Lawrence Herbert Beerbohm Tree James Fisher Julia Neilson Lewis Waller Louis Calvert S.A. Cookson William Mollison
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Nederlands Filmmuseum
- info@filmmuseum.nl
- Web
- http://www.filmmuseum.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +31 (20) 5891435
- Fax
- +31 (20) 5891454
- Address
- Het Filmmuseum
P.O. Box 74782
1070 BT Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Distributor (DVD)
- Name
British Film Institute
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 7950
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Milestone Film & Video
- milefilms@gmail.com
- Web
- http://www.milestonefilms.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 201 767 3117
- Fax
- +1 201 767 3035
- Address
- PO Box 128
Harrington Park
New Jersey 07640 0128
USA
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