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Henry IV, Part 2: The New Conspiracy

Summary
1960 BBC production of Henry IV, Part 2: The New Conspiracy by Shakespeare, the fifth in the fifteen-part series An Age of Kings which was the BBC’s great national pageant of eight history plays.
Theatre play
Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 23 June 1960
Time
8.45-9.45pm
Series
Age of Kings
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Michael Hayes
Producer
Peter Dews
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Composer
Arthur Bliss (title music)
Composer
Christopher Whelen
Designer
Stanley Morris
Cast
David AndrewsLord Bardolph
Angela BaddeleyMistress Quickly / Doll Tearsheet
Geoffrey BayldonLord Chief Justice
Jeremy BisleyGower
George A. CooperEarl of Northumberland / Ancient Pistol
Margaret CourtenayWife to Northumberland
Michael Graham CoxDrawer
Gordon GostelowBardolph
John GreenwoodServant
Robert HardyHenry, Prince of Wales
Timothy HarleyDrawer
Patricia HeneghanLady Percy
Dane HowellPage to Falstaff
Noel JohnsonThomas Mowbray
Robert LangLord Hastings
Terence LodgeTravers / Peto
Frank PettingellSir John Falstaff
John RinghamPorter / Fang
Alan RoweSnare
Brian SmithPoins
Jerome WillisMorton
Edgar WrefordThe Archibishop of York

Additional details

Play tags
historical drama; royalty

Audiovisual sources

Title
The New Conspiracy: Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1960)
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.

Title
An Age of Kings: Eight History Plays by William Shakespeare
Commercial availability
Released in 2013 by Illuminations in the Screen Plays series

Print sources

Title
Adapting the Histories: An Age of Kings on Screen (Essay)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
Published as the booklet essay accompanying the commercially available DVD set An Age of Kings: Eight History Plays by William Shakespeare, released by Illuminations in the Screen Plays series.
Title
An Age of Kings: ‘uneasy lies the head’ (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/an-age-of-kings-uneasy-lies-the-head, published 30 July 2009
Title
Radio Times, 17 June 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 15
Title
Radio Times, 22 April 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
cover image; article, p. 3

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