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Henry VI, Part 3: The Sun in Splendour

Summary
1960 BBC production of Henry VI, Part 3: The Sun in Splendour by Shakespeare, the thirteenth 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 3 by William Shakespeare [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 20 October 1960
Time
9.30-10.30pm
Series
Age of Kings
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Michael Hayes
Producer
Peter Dews
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Composer
Arthur Bliss
Composer
Christopher Whelen
Designer
Stanley Morris
Cast
David AndrewsLord Hastings
Jeremy BisleyMessenger to Warwick
Adrian BrineMarquess of Montague
Paul DanemanRichard, Duke of Gloucester
Kenneth FarringtonLord Rivers
Patrick GarlandGeorge, Duke of Clarence
Tony GarnettSir John Somerville
Julian GloverKing Edward the Fourth
John GreenwoodEdward, Prince of Wales
Timothy HarleyWatchman / Messenger to Warwick
Tamara HinchcoThe Lady Bona
Robert LangEarl of Oxford
Terence LodgeDuke of Exeter
Mary MorrisMargaret
John RinghamWatchman
Alan RoweDuke of Somerset
Hennie ScottHenry Tudor
John Murray ScottMessenger to King Henry
Terry ScullyKing Henry the Sixth
Leon ShepperdsonMessenger to Queen Margaret
Anthony ValentinePost Mistress
Terry WaleSoldier
Derek WareHuntsman
John WarnerLewis the Eleventh
Jane WenhamElizabeth
Jeffry WickhamMayor of York
Jerome WillisSir John Montgomery
Frank WindsorEarl of Warwick

Additional details

Play tags
historical drama; royalty

Audiovisual sources

Title
Henry VI, Part 3: The Sun in Splendour (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: ‘do I see three suns?' (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/an-age-of-kings-do-i-see-three-suns, published 23 July 2011
Title
Radio Times, 13 October 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 49; illustrated article, p. 46
Title
Radio Times, 22 April 1960 (Magazine)

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