Richard of Bordeaux

Summary: BBC Television production of Gordon Daviot’s play Richard of Bordeaux.
Theatre play: Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot (1896-1952) [more information]
Play synopsis: The play depicts the story of Richard II of England in a romantic fashion, emphasizing the relationship between Richard and his queen, Anne of Bohemia.
Production history: John Gielgud directed the play at the New Theatre, London in 1933 in a production in which he himself played Richard.
Date of transmission: Thursday 29 December 1955
Time: 8.00pm (90 mins)
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Victor Menzies

Playwright

Gordon Daviot (1896-1952)

Designer

Roy Oxley

Cast

John Arnatt	Henry, Earl of Derby
Robin Bailey	Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
Johnson Bayly	Second Man
John Breslin	Edward, Earl of Rutland
Ann Castle	Mary Bohun, Countess of Derby
Maurice Colbourne	John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Peter Cushing	Richard II
Hilda Fenemore	Waiting Woman; Second Woman
Eric Francis	Third Man
Philip Guard	Fair Page, Maudelyn
Thomas Heathcote	Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham
George Howe	Sir Simon Burley
Noel Howlett	The Archbishop of Canterbury
Janet Joye	First Woman
Bryan Kendrick	Dark Page
Mary Neelands	Agnes Launcekron
Joseph O’Conor	Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
Charles Lloyd Pack	Edmund, Duke of York
Victor Platt	First Man
John Ruddock	Michael de la Pole
George Skillan	A Doctor
Jeannette Sterke	Anne of Bohemia
Tony Thawnton	Sir John Montague
George Woodbridge	The Earl of Arundel

Later transmissions: 2.30-4pm, 18 February 1956 (telerecording).
Play tags: 14th-century setting; historical drama; medieval world, as theme or setting; monarchy, British; royalty

Title: Richard of Bordeaux (BBC, 1955)
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