Learning on ScreenRichard III: The Dangerous Brother
- Summary
- 1960 BBC production of Richard III: The Dangerous Brother by Shakespeare, the fourteenth in the fifteen-part series An Age of Kings which was the BBC’s great national pageant of eight history plays.
- Theatre play
- Richard III by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 3 November 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 Lord Hastings Violet Carson Duchess of York Paul Daneman Richard Jill Dixon Lady Anne Kenneth Farrington Earl Rivers Patrick Garland George Julian Glover King Edward IV John Greenwood A Gentleman Hugh Janes King Edward V Robert Lang Murderer Michael Lewis Richard, Duke of York Terence Lodge Messenger Jack May Lord Stanley Mary Morris Queen Margaret John Ringham Sir William Catesby Alan Rowe Sir Richard Ratcliff Terry Scully King Henry VI John Sharp Lord Mayor of London Leon Shepperdson Lord Grey Anthony Valentine Marquess of Dorset Terry Wale Murderer Jane Wenham Queen Elizabeth Jeffry Wickham Archbishop of York Jerome Willis The Lord Cardinal Bourchier Frank Windsor Sir Robert Brackenbury Edgar Wreford Duke of Buckingham
Additional details
- Play tags
- historical drama; royalty
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Richard III: The Dangerous Brother (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: ‘bad is the world’ (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- John Wyver (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/an-age-of-kings-bad-is-the-world, published 30 July 2011
- Title
- Radio Times, 22 April 1960 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; article, p. 3
- Title
- Radio Times, 27 October 1960 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, with image, p. 49
Associated programmes
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