Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White

Summary: 1960 BBC production of Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White by Shakespeare, the ninth in the fifteen-part series An Age of Kings which was the BBC’s great national pageant of eight history plays.
Theatre play: Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare [more information]
Play synopsis: The play ‘deals with the loss of England’s French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal squabbles and petty jealousy’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI,_Part_1).
Production history: Dated to 1591.
Date of transmission: Thursday 25 August 1960
Time: 9.00-10.00pm
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	Bastard of Orleans
Eileen Atkins	Joan la Pucelle
Jeremy Bisley	Warder
Michael Graham Cox	Lord Mayor of London / Shepherd
Kenneth Farrington	Serving-man
Patrick Garland	John
Tony Garnett	Vernon
Julian Glover	Warder
John Greenwood	Messenger; Lawyer
Timothy Harley	Serving-man
Noel Johnson	Thomas Beaufort
Robert Lang	Henry Beaufort
Jack May	Richard Plantagenet
Mary Morris	Margaret
John Ringham	Humphrey
Alan Rowe	John Beaufort
John Murray Scott	Messenger
Terry Scully	King Henry the Sixth
Leon Shepperdson	Woodville
Anthony Valentine	Duke of Alanson
Terry Wale	Messenger
Derek Ware	Serving-man
John Warner	Regnier
Jerome Willis	Charles the Dauphin
Frank Windsor	Earl of Warwick
Edgar Wreford	Earl of Suffolk

Title: Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (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: ‘between the red rose and the white’ (Blog article)
Author/creator: John Wyver (Author)
Reference: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/an-age-of-kings-between-the-red-rose-and-the-white, published 9 July 2011

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