Henry V

Synopsis: Television play. A recording, re-staged for television, of the production by Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Directed for stage by Michael Langham and for television by Lorne Freed. Douglas Rain is King Henry.
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 29 Jan 1967 (Channel: CBC)
Duration: 116 mins

Director

Lorne Freed

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Desmond Heeley

Contributor

Michael Langham

Cast

Douglas Rain	King Henry V
William Hutt	Chorus
Briain Petchey	Archbishop of Canterbury
Diana LeBlanc	Katherine
Gaétan Labrèche	Dauphin
Aemilia Hall	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Al Kozlik	Alexander Court
Barry MacGregor	Michael Williams
Bernard Behrens	Fluellen
Christopher Newton	Duke of Gloucester
Denise Pelletier	Queen Isabel
Eric Christmas	Bardolph
Guy L’Ecuyer	Governor of Harfleur
Jacques Galipeau	Duke of Orleans
Jean Gascon	King Charles VI of France
Jean-Louis Roux	Duke of Burgundy
John Byron	Gower
Kenneth Pogue	Sir Thomas Erpingham
Kenneth Pogue	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
Kenneth Walsh	Sir Thomas Grey
Kim Yaroshevskay	Alice
Leo Ciceri	King Charles VI of France
Leon Pownall	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Lewis Gordon	Nym
Marcel Sabourin	Constable of France
Max Helpmann	Earl of Westmoreland
Mervyn Blake	Macmorris
Michael O’Regan	Duke of Bedford
Powys Thomas	Pistol
Powys Thomas	Pistol
Richard Monette	Montjoy
Thomas Donohue	Earl of Grandpre
Tony Van Bridge	Duke of Exeter
William Needles	Jamy

Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Plays: Henry V
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival

History: It is thought that this was the first Shakespeare play to be transmitted in colour in Canada.

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