The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff, Part 1: The Gadshill Job
- Summary
- 1959 BBC production for schools of The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff, adapted from the history plays of Shakespeare and transmitted in seven parts.
- Theatre play
- Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 20 January 1959
- Time
- 2.05-2.35pm
- Series
- Schools
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Ronald Eyre
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Composer
- Kenneth Leighton
- Conductor
- Lionel Salter
- Designer
- Gordon Roland
- Wardrobe
- Maureen Muggeridge
- Make-up
- Shirley Speight
- Cast
George Benson Bardolph Patrick Blackwell Chamberlain Roderick Cook Nym Peggy Forbes-Robertson unnamed part Martin Gordon unnamed part Robert Harris King Henry IV Walter Hudd Lord Chief Justice Meriel Hunn unnamed part Colin Jeavons Prince Henry Roger Livesey Falstaff Brian Moorehead unnamed part Audrey Noble Mistress Quickly Maxwell Shaw Gadshill Eric Thompson Poins David Webb Second Carrier Meadows [or Meadow] White First Carrier Ian Wilson A Traveller
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- historical drama; royalty
- Programme context tags
- schools television programming
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 16 January 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article and photograph, p. 5; listing, p. 11
Associated programmes
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