Learning on ScreenHenry 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 Andrews Lord Hastings Jeremy Bisley Messenger to Warwick Adrian Brine Marquess of Montague Paul Daneman Richard, Duke of Gloucester Kenneth Farrington Lord Rivers Patrick Garland George, Duke of Clarence Tony Garnett Sir John Somerville Julian Glover King Edward the Fourth John Greenwood Edward, Prince of Wales Timothy Harley Watchman / Messenger to Warwick Tamara Hinchco The Lady Bona Robert Lang Earl of Oxford Terence Lodge Duke of Exeter Mary Morris Margaret John Ringham Watchman Alan Rowe Duke of Somerset Hennie Scott Henry Tudor John Murray Scott Messenger to King Henry Terry Scully King Henry the Sixth Leon Shepperdson Messenger to Queen Margaret Anthony Valentine Post Mistress Terry Wale Soldier Derek Ware Huntsman John Warner Lewis the Eleventh Jane Wenham Elizabeth Jeffry Wickham Mayor of York Jerome Willis Sir John Montgomery Frank Windsor Earl 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
Telephone
London
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Websitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/
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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
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)
Associated programmes
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