King Henry IV. Part 2

Synopsis: Radio adaptation of the play by M. R. Ridley. The production was broadcast on the Third Programme as part of a sequence of Shakespeare’s histories. With Sebastian Shaw as Prince Hal and Leon Quartermaine as King Henry IV. Produced by Peter Watts. M. R. Ridley introduces the play.
Series: Shakespeare’s Historical Plays
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 7 Oct 1947 at 19:50 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 150 mins
Availability: No archive copy known

Producer

Peter Watts

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Antony Hopkins

Adaptor for Radio

Maurice Roy Ridley

Cast

Leon Quartermaine	King Henry IV
Sebastian Shaw	Prince Henry, later crowned Henry V
Frederick Lloyd	Sir John Falstaff
Vivienne Chatterton	Mistress Quickly
Andrew Leigh	Robert Shallow
Alexander Archdale	Davy
Alexander Sarner	Scroop, Archbishop of York
Anthony Oliver	Lord Mowbray
Anthony Oliver	Peto
Arnold Ridley	Thomas Wart
Bryan Fowley	Peter Bullcalf
David Duncan	Bardolph
Duncan Carse	Narrator
Eric Lugg	Fang
G. Blunt	Page
George Hayes	Pistol
Godfrey Tudor	Lord Hastings
Grace Allardyce	Lady Northumberland
Henry Hallatt	Lord Chief Justice
Horace Sequeira	Silence
Hugh Falkus	Poins
James Tilling	Simon Shadow
John Alexander (2)	Prince John of Lancaster
John Wyndham	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Laidman Browne	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Nicolette Bernard	Lady Percy
Peter Creswell	Earl of Westmoreland
Peter Mullins	Thomas, Duke of Clarence
Raf de la Torre	Neville, Earl of Warwick
Ronald Sidney	Snare
Stephen Jack	Ralph Mouldy
Wilfred Fletcher	Francis Feeble
William Trent	Lord Bardolph

Notes: According to the programme notes in Radio Times, the object of this series is to emphasise the inter-relation of the plays. The continuity is emphasised by casting and by incidental music specially composed by Antony Hopkins.
General: Rehearsals: 24/9/1947-30/9/1947
History: Third in a series of nightly broadcasts of Shakespeare’s historical plays that the Third Programme transmitted within a single week. The play was broadcast in two parts with an interlude of music.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.

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