The Queen and the Welshman

Summary

BBC Television production of The Queen and the Welshman, presented in the Theatre 625 series.

Theatre play

The Queen and the Welshman by Rosemary Anne Sisson [more information]

Play synopsis

The play concerns the affair of Henry V’s widow Katherine with Sir Owen Tudor.

Production history

The play was ‘first performed on stage in 1957 with a cast including Frank Finlay and Edward Woodward’ (source: http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/regular_strands/from_the_archive/unlocked_the_queen_and_the_welshman_in).

Date of transmission

Sunday 10 April 1966

Time

9.20pm (90 mins)

Series

Theatre 625

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Basil Coleman

Producer

Cedric Messina

Playwright

Rosemary Anne Sisson

Designer

Frederick Knapman

Cast

Jeremy Brett	Villiers
Robert Bruce	Captain of Horse
Jonathan Dennis	John, the Queen’s Servant
Derek Godfrey	Sir Owen Tudor
Fiona Hartford	Margaret
Harry Littlewood	Gaoler
Llewellyn Rees	Henry Beaufort
Robert Russell	Hall
Nicholas Selby	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Charles Thomas	Rainault
Dorothy Tutin	Queen Katherine
Gordon Whiting	John, Duke of Bedford
Jack Wild	Edmund Tudor

Additional details

Notes

Cast and credits taken from the BFI database.

Play tags

15th-century setting; royalty

Audiovisual sources

Title

The Queen and the Welshman (BBC, 1966)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Television and Radio (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Guardian, 9 April 1966, p. 2

Title

The Queen and the Welshman (Website)

Reference

http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b75df316c (accessed 13 November 2013)