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Richard of Bordeaux

Summary
1947 BBC live studio production of the popular medieval drama Richard of Bordeaux, broadcast on Easter Day.
Theatre play
Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot (1896-1952) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 6 April 1947
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Michael Barry
Playwright
Gordon Daviot (1896-1952)
Sets / Settings
Barry Learoyd
Cast
Ronald Adam (1896-1979)John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Geoffrey BarryDoctor
Jacqueline BoiteuxLord Derby’s Page
John Leslie FrithMichael de la Pole
Felicity GrayAgnes Launcekron
Brian HayesSir John Montague
Joyce HeronAnne of Bohemia
George HoweSir Simon Burley
Alan JuddRobert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
Megan LatimerMary Bohun / Woman Marketing
Alan LawranceEarl of Arundel
Jack LiveseyThomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
Ronald LongArchbishop of Canterbury
John MackwoodThomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham
Hugh MoxeyHenry, Earl of Derby
Andrew OsbornRichard II
Charles Lloyd PackEdmund, Duke of York
Richard PearsonMaudelyn
Oscar QuitakPage / Third Man in the Street
Morris SwedenFirst Man in the Street
Adrian WallerSecond Man in the Street
Marguerite YoungWaiting-Woman / Woman Marketing

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
14th-century setting; historical drama; medieval world, as theme or setting; monarchy, British; royalty

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 4 April 1947 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, and article, p. 5

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