Learning on ScreenHenry 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]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 25 August 1960
- Time
- 9.00-10.00pm
- 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 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
Additional details
- Play tags
- historical drama; royalty
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (BBC, 1960)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address
White City
Telephone
London
UK+44 (0)20 8008 2288
Websitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/
AccessBBC 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: ‘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
- Title
- Radio Times, 19 August 1960 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 19; illustrated article, p. 6
- Title
- Radio Times, 22 April 1960 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; article, p. 3
Associated programmes
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