Edward IV

Synopsis: An adaptation into three parts of all three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III. The plays were performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the titles Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III. They were recorded using a single, fixed camera and directed by Adrian Noble. Ken Bones as Edward IV.
Series: Plantagenets, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 5 Jan 1989
Duration: 161 mins

Director

Adrian Noble

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Edward Gregson

Production Design

Bob Crowley

Cast

Ralph Fiennes	King Henry VI
Penny Downie	Queen Margaret
David Lyon	Earl of Warwick
Anthony Dixon	Duke of Bedford
Anton Lesser	Richard, Edward’s brother, later Duke of Gloucester
David Morrisey	George, Edward’s brother, later Duke of Clarence
Edward Harbour	Lord Rivers
Edward Peel	Lord Hastings
Jason Watkins	Edmund, Earl of Rutland
Jason Watkins	Bevis (Rebel (1))
Jaye Griffiths	Lady Bona
Jo James	Duke of Buckingham
Jo James	Watch 3
Joanne Pearce	Lady Gray
Ken Bones	Edward, Earl of March, later Edward IV
Kenn Sabberton	Messenger for York/Watch 2
Kevin Doyle	John Holland (Rebel (2))
Lyndon Davies	Edward, later Duke of York and Edward IV
Marjorie Yates	Duchess of York
Mark Hadfield	Young Clifford
Nicholas Smith	Duke of Exeter
Oliver Cotton	Duke of Buckingham
Oliver Cotton	Jack Cade
Raymond Bowers	Alexander Iden
Raymond Bowers	King Louis
Richard Bremmer	Emmanuel, the Clerk of Chatham
Richard Bremmer	Earl of Oxford
Robert Demeger	Dick the Butcher
Robert Demeger	Keeper 2
Robert Demeger	Duke Humphrey of Gloucester
Roger Watkins	Lord Clifford
Roger Watkins	Father that killed his son
Simon Dormandy	Lord Stafford
Tom Fahy	Duke of Somerset
Trevor Gordon	Smith the Weaver
Trevor Gordon	Basset

Notes: A recording was also made of a performance at the Barbican Theatre 15 April 1989.
General: Children of Lady Grey played on different nights by William Bowers, Thomas Horton, Joel Morris and Kit Tomlinson,
History: Press night 22 October 1988
Reviews: Fiennes, Ralph ‘Henry VI’ in Jackson, Russell & Smallwood, Robert (eds). Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearian Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993). pp99-113. Fiennes talks about his role as Henry VI in Adrian Noble’s The Plantagenets,

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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