Henry V

Synopsis: Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Howard Rose. Leslie Banks stars in the title role with Celia Johnson as Katherine. C. Turner plays the drums.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 5 May 1935 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
Duration: 120 mins
Availability: Unknown

Producer

Howard Rose

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

C. Turner

Cast

Leslie Banks	King Henry V
Frederick Sargent	Archbishop of Canterbury
Celia Johnson	Katherine
Basil Bartlett	Dauphin
A. Scott-Gatty	King Charles VI of France
A. Scott-Gatty	Bishop of Ely
Andrew Leigh	Nym
Arthur Goullet	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Arthur Goullet	Earl of Salisbury
Austin Trevor	Ambassador
Austin Trevor	Montjoy
Barbara Dillon	Alice
D. Hay Petrie	Fluellen
David Steuart	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
David Steuart	Duke of Orleans
Dennis Astell	Duke of Gloucester
Derrick de Marney	Duke of Bedford
Ernest Digges	Gower
Francis James	Duke of Burgundy
Frederick Sargent	Sir Thomas Erpingham
Guy Spaull	John Bates
Guy Spaull	Sir Thomas Grey
Henry Morrell	Governor of Harfleur
Henry Morrell	Michael Williams
Hubert Gregg	Duke of Bourbon
J. Leslie Frith	Constable of France
J. Moore	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
John Laurie	Pistol
Juian D’Albie	Earl of Westmoreland
Lawrence Baskcomb	Bardolph
Margot Sieveking	Queen Isabel
Renee de Vaux	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Tristan Rawson	Duke of Exeter
Warren Jenkins	Lord Rambures

History: Broadcast during the week celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of King George V.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: Listener William Hendry from Barnes comments in the Radio Times: "a most irritating production. Why, against all recognised convention, was the French king made to speak English with a French accent ...? Why ... did it apply only to the king and not to the Dauphin? ... Why, when Katherine talked to her maid, was Shakespeare’s ‘Tu es’ altered to ‘Vous etes’? And why, oh why, was Mountjoy called ‘Montjwar’? (issue dated 17 May 1935, p. 9).

Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935, Radio Times

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