Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Synopsis: A modern interpretation by the English Shakespeare Company, recorded for at the Grand Theatre, Swansea before a live audience. The seven plays in the ‘Wars of the Roses’ cycle were performed over seven nights, with 28 actors playing nearly 500 roles. The three parts of Henry VI are combined into two plays, ‘The House of Lancaster’ and ‘The House of York’.
Series: Wars of the Roses, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1991
Availability: OUT OF UK DISTRIBUTION (2005)

Director

Michael Bogdanov

Producer

Jean-Paul Chapple

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Paul Brennen	King Henry VI
Barry Stanton	Richard Plantagenet, later Duke of York
Colin Farrell	Duke of Gloucester
Michael Fenner	Sir John Talbot, later Earl of Shrewsbury
Michael Pennington	Duke of Suffolk (William de la Pole)
Andrew Jarvis	Charles, Dauphin of France
Ann Penfold	Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
Ben Bazell	John Southwell
Ben Bazell	Duke of Alençon
Charles Dale	Vernon
Clyde Pollitt	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Francesca Ryan	Margery Jourdain
Hugh Sullivan	Reignier, Duke of Anjou
Jack Carr	Duke of Burgundy
Jack Carr	Roger Bolingbroke
Jenifer Konko	Simpcox’s wife
John Darrell	Sir Humphrey Stafford
John Darrell	Sir William Lucy
John Dougall	Sir John Hume
John Dougall	Duke of Bedford
John Tramper	John, Talbot’s son
June Watson	Margaret, daughter of King Reignier
Philip Rees	Sir John Stanley
Robert Hands	Basset
Roger Booth	Simon Simpcox
Roger Booth	Lawyer
Sion Probert	Duke of Somerset
Stephen Jameson	Edmund Mortimer

Notes: Article in The Guardian 4 May, 1989 about the filming of the plays. Reviewed by RenÈ Pigeon in Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol 12 No 4 (1994). pp. 37-40.

Bulletin, Vol 12 No 4 (1994), pp. 37-40. Article in the TES 29 March, 1991.

Bogdanov, Michael & Michael Pennington, The English Shakespeare Company: The Making of ‘The Wars of the Roses’ (London: Nick Hern Books, 1990).
Reviewed by Brian Morton in Times Educational Supplement (29 Mar 1991), p27.

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General: It has not been possible to ascertain with 100% accuracy which actors played some of the smaller roles in this recording, as they were changed as the tour progressed. The actors cited all played the part at some point in 1989.

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