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Henry VI, Part 2: The Fall of a Protector

Summary
1960 BBC production of Henry VI, Part 2: The Fall of the Protector by Shakespeare, the tenth 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 2 by William Shakespeare [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 8 September 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 AndrewsPetitioner
Jeremy BisleyJohn Southwell
Kenneth FarringtonDuke of Buckingham
Patrick GarlandJohn Hume
Tony GarnettNeighbour / A Post
Julian GloverThomas Horner
Gordon GostelowEarl of Salisbury
John GreenwoodMessenger / Prentice
Timothy HarleyA Citizen / Prentice
Nancie JacksonEleanor
Robert LangCardinal Beaufort
Terence LodgeBolingbroke
Jack MayRichard
Mary MorrisMargaret
Audrey NobleWife to Simpcox
John RinghamHumphrey
Alan RoweDuke of Somerset
John Murray ScottA Spirit
Terry ScullyKing Henry the Sixth
Leon ShepperdsonBeadle
Anthony ValentinePetitioner / Neighbour
Terry WaleNeighbour
Derek WarePeter
John WarnerSaunder Simpcox
Nan Marriott WatsonMother Jordan
Jeffry WickhamSheriff
Jerome WillisMayor of St Albans / Sir John Stanley
Frank WindsorEarl of Warwick
Edgar WrefordDuke of Suffolk

Additional details

Play tags
historical drama; royalty

Audiovisual sources

Title
Henry VI, Part 2: The Fall of a Protector (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: ‘France will be lost ere long’ (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/an-age-of-kings-france-will-be-lost-ere-long, published 16 July 2011
Title
Radio Times, 2 September 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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