Henry V

Synopsis: Full radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V produced and directed by Martin Jenkins. John Gielgud acts as Chorus and John Rowe plays the title role. With music composed by David Cain and performed by Christopher Ball, John Royston-Mitchell and the Sinfonia Sacrae.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 14 Jan 1976
Transmission details: 18 Apr 1976 at 17:45 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 195 mins

Director

Martin Jenkins (2)

Producer

Martin Jenkins (2)

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

David Cain

Cast

John Rowe	King Henry V
John Gielgud	Chorus
Timothy West	Archbishop of Canterbury
Angela Pleasence	Katherine
Martin Jarvis	Dauphin
Alec McCowen	Duke of Burgundy
Anthony Hall	Fluellen
Barry Foster	Constable of France
Betty Huntley-Wright	Alice
Clifford Norgate	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
Clifford Norgate	Duke of Britain
Crispin Gillbard	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
David Graham	Michael Williams
Elizabeth Spriggs	Queen Isabel
Elizabeth Spriggs	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Haydn Jones	Gower
James Thomason	Earl of Salisbury
James Thomason	Sir Thomas Grey
James Thomason	Duke of Bourbon
Jeffrey Segal	Earl of Westmoreland
Jeffrey Segal	Court
John Rye	Montjoy
Malcolm Hayes	Bishop of Ely
Malcolm Hayes	French soldier (Le Fer)
Michael Aldridge	Duke of Orleans
Michael Deacon	Jamy
Michael Deacon	Ambassador
Michael Deacon	Duke of Gloucester
Michael Shannon	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Michael Shannon	Earl of Grandpre
Michael Shannon	Macmorris
Patrick Troughton	Duke of Exeter
Peter Craze	Duke of Bedford
Peter Craze	Messenger
Peter Jeffrey	King Charles VI of France
Peter Williams	Governor of Harfleur
Peter Williams	Sir Thomas Erpingham
Peter Woodthorpe	Nym
Timothy Bateson	John Bates
Timothy Bateson	Bardolph

General: Margaret Horsfield, Shakespeare on Radio (Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 1978)
History: There was a 5-minute interval at 19:25.

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