The Life and Death of King John
- Summary
- 1952 BBC live studio production of William Shakespeare’s historical drama The Life and Death of King John.
- Theatre play
- King John by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 20 January 1952
- Time
- 8.30-10.20pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
Credits
- Producer
- Stephen Harrison
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Sets / Settings
- Barry Learoyd
- Cast
John Arnold French Herald John Baker Richard Bebb Lewis, the Dauphin Elwyn Brook-Jones Cardinal Pandulph Maurice Colbourne Earl of Salisbury Michael Croudson Prince Arthur James Dale King Philip of France Howell Davies Alexis de Gallier William Devlin (1911-1987) Hubert de Burgh Eric Dodson Sonia Dresdel Constance Ronald Essex John Fabian Arthur Gross Reginald Hearne William Hyde Megan Latimer Lady Fauconbridge Roderick Lovell Earl of Pembroke Victor Lucas Lymoges Victor Maddern Cavan Malone Prince Henry John Nugee Joseph O’Conor Philip Michael Raghan First Citizen of Angiers / Peter of Pomfret Robert Sansom Chatilion / Count Melun John Scott Frank Sieman Peter Smallwood John Southworth Robert Fauconbridge Judith Stott Blanch of Spain Una Venning Queen Elinor Tom Webster Donald Wolfit King John David Woodman English Herald
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 7.30pm on Thursday 24 January 1952.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 18 January 1952 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 42; article by Lionel Hale, ‘King John against Fauconbridge’, p. 41
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