Dangerous Brother, The

Synopsis: Episode fourteen in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British royalty from 1377 to 1485. This episode covers Richard III, Acts I-III.
Series: Age of Kings, An
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Transmission details: 3 Nov 1960 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC)
Duration: 60 mins

Director

Michael Hayes

Producer

Writer

Music

Art Direction

Contributor

Arthur Bliss; Eric Crozier; Lionel Salter

Cast

Julian Glover	King Edward IV
Violet Carson	Duchess of York
Hugh Janes	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Patrick Garland	George, Duke of Clarence
Anthony Valentine	Marquis of Dorset
David Andrews	Hastings
Edgar Wreford	Duke of Buckingham
Frank Windsor	Sir Robert Brackenbury
Jack May	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Jane Wenham	Queen Elizabeth
Jerome Willis	Cardinal Bourchier (Cardinal)
Jill Dixon	Lady Anne
John Greenwood	Gentleman
John Ringham	Sir William Catesby
John Sharp	Lord Mayor of London
Kenneth Farrington	Lord Rivers
Leon Shepperdson	Lord Grey (Lord Grey)
Mary Morris	Queen Margaret
Paul Daneman	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Robert Lang	Murderer
Terence Lodge	Messenger
Terry Scully	Ghost of King Henry VI
Terry Wale	Murderer

Notes: Commercially available on DVD as part of a 5-disc box set from BBC Warner (released March 2009). A written transcript of the series is being held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
General: As Michael Brooke notes, this production was "the most conceptually ambitious Shakespeare project ever attempted for either film or television." Each episode involved expenses of £4.000 and a cast of 600. The rehearsal period took thirty weeks.
Awards: Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Excellence in Directing (Peter Dews)

1962 The George Foster Peabody Award
Textual information: Script editor Michael Cozier cut the texts into 60 -75 minute episodes which, for the most part, comprised half a complete play.
Reviews: Michael Brooke, "Age of Kings, An (1960)", http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/527213/index.html

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