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]
Play synopsis: 'Its focus is on Prince Hal’s journey toward kingship, and his ultimate rejection of Falstaff’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_2).
Production history: Written in the late 16c.
Date of transmission: Thursday 23 June 1960
Time: 8.45-9.45pm
Series: Age of Kings
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Director

Michael Hayes

Producer

Peter Dews

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Composer

Arthur Bliss (title music)

Composer

Christopher Whelen

Designer

Stanley Morris

Cast

David Andrews	Lord Bardolph
Angela Baddeley	Mistress Quickly / Doll Tearsheet
Geoffrey Bayldon	Lord Chief Justice
Jeremy Bisley	Gower
George A. Cooper	Earl of Northumberland / Ancient Pistol
Margaret Courtenay	Wife to Northumberland
Michael Graham Cox	Drawer
Gordon Gostelow	Bardolph
John Greenwood	Servant
Robert Hardy	Henry, Prince of Wales
Timothy Harley	Drawer
Patricia Heneghan	Lady Percy
Dane Howell	Page to Falstaff
Noel Johnson	Thomas Mowbray
Robert Lang	Lord Hastings
Terence Lodge	Travers / Peto
Frank Pettingell	Sir John Falstaff
John Ringham	Porter / Fang
Alan Rowe	Snare
Brian Smith	Poins
Jerome Willis	Morton
Edgar Wreford	The Archibishop of York

Title: The New Conspiracy: Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1960)
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Title: An Age of Kings: Eight History Plays by William Shakespeare
Commercial availability: Released in 2013 by Illuminations in the Screen Plays series

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

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