The Young Elizabeth

Summary

1964 BBC production of The Young Elizabeth by Jennette Dowling Letton and Francis Letton.

Theatre play

The Young Elizabeth by Jennette Dowling Letton and Francis Letton [more information]

Play synopsis

Two-act play in twelve scenes, by American playwrights, set in 1547 to 1558, from the death of Henry VIII to the accession of the young Elizabeth. This historical drama depicts the early life of Elizabeth I, showing her varying fortunes during the reigns of her father Henry VIII , and then her half-brother Edward VI and her half-sister Mary Tudor.

Production history

First produced at the New Theatre, London in 1952.

Date of transmission

Thursday 24 December 1964

Time

8.50-10.25pm

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Charles Jarrott

Producer

Cedric Messina

Playwright

Francis Letton

Playwright

Jennette Dowling Letton

Designer

Marilyn Taylor

Costumes

Joyce Hammond

Make-up

Maureen Winslade

Script Editor

Rodney Gedye

Cast

Michael Allaby	Gaoler
Katharine Blake	Mary Tudor
Newton Blick	Thomas Parry
Gwen Cherrell	Katherine Parr
Madeleine Christie	Katherine Ashley
Vickie Climas	First Gentlewoman
Robert Croudace	Guard
Margaret Denyer	Lady Tyrwhitt
Scott Forbes	Thomas Seymour
Valerie Gearon	Elizabeth Tudor
Michael Graham	Sir Francis Verney
Michael Johnson	Robert Dudley
Rolf Lefebvre	Lord William Howard
Cyril Luckham	Bishop Gardiner
Michael Lynch	Sir Peter Carew
Douglas Milvain	William Cecil
Hugh Paddick	Lord Robert Tyrwhitt
Guy Ross	Page
Patricia Samuels	Amy
Ellen Sheean	Second Gentlewoman
Victor Winding	Sir Thomas Wyatt

Additional details

Play tags

16th-century setting; American drama; historical drama; monarchy, British; royalty

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 December 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, with article and image, p. 41