The Old Vic Theatre Company in ‘Richard II’

Synopsis: A special recording of the Old Vic Theatre Company’s production of the play, directed by Ralph Richardson and produced for radio by John Burrell. The first transmission of this broadcast, which is also introduced by Richardson, coincided with the premiere of the play at the New Theatre, London. The music is written and conducted by Herbert Menges.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 23 Apr 1947 at 19:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 150 mins
Availability: No copy extant

Director

Ralph Richardson

Producer

John Burrell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Herbert Menges

Cast

Alec Guinness	King Richard II
Margaret Leighton	Queen Isabel
Ralph Richardson	John of Gaunt
Rosalind Atkinson	Duchess of Gloucester
Aubrey Richards	Herald
Barbara Trent	Second Lady (Lady attending the Queen)
Cecil Winter	Bishop of Carlisle
Charlotte Bidmead	Third Lady (Lady attending the Queen)
David Kentish	Bushy
Denis McCarthy	Earl of Salisbury
Ewan Roberts	Bagot
Frank Duncan	Harry Percy
George Relph	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
George Rose	Lord Marshal
Gilbert Robinson	Gardener’s man (1)
James Lytton	Lord Berkeley
Janet Joye	Duchess of York
John Arnold	Lord Fitzwalter
John Biggerstaff	Lord Ross
John Garley	Duke of Aumerle
Jordan Lawrence	Green
Kenneth Edwards	Gardener
Michael Raghan	Sir Stephen Scroope
Michael Warre	Sir Piers Exton
Nicholas Hannen	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Norma Shebbeare	First Lady (Lady attending the Queen)
Peter Copley	Thomas Mowbray
Peter Variey	Captain of the Welsh army
Walter Outhwaite	Abbot of Westminster
William Squire	Lord Willoughby

History: Broadcast as part of the Shakespeare Festival on the Third Programme. The production was transmitted in two parts: Part 1: 19.00-20.30 and Part 2: 21.00-22:00.

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