Henry VI

Synopsis: An adaptation into three parts of all three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III. The plays were performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the titles Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III. They were recorded using a single, fixed camera and directed by Adrian Noble. Ralph Fiennes as Henry VI.
Series: Plantagenets, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 5 Jan 1988
Duration: 161 mins

Director

Adrian Noble

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Edward Gregson

Production Design

Bob Crowley

Cast

Ralph Fiennes	King Henry VI
Penny Downie	Queen Margaret
David Waller	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Oliver Cotton	Duke of Suffolk (William de la Pole)
Anthony Brown	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Cherry Morris	Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
Darryl Forbes-Dawson	Mayor of London
Darryl Forbes-Dawson	Duke of Burgundy
David Morrisey	Vernon
Denise Armon	Margery Jourdain
Edward Harbour	Sir John Hume
Edward Harbour	Duke of Alençon
Jeffrey Segal	Edmund Mortimer
Jeffrey Segal	Earl of Salisbury
Jo James	Murderer (1)
Kenn Sabberton	John Southwell
Mark Hadfield	Rebel
Nicholas Smith	Duke of Exeter
Patrick Robinson	Roger Bolingbroke
Patrick Robinson	Bastard of Orléans
Raymond Bowers	Duke of Bedford
Raymond Bowers	Mayor of Saint Albans
Richard Bremmer	Lawyer
Richard Bremmer	Duke of Alençon
Richard Bremmer	Murderer (2)
Robert Demeger	John, Talbot’s son
Roger Watkins	English soldier (Soldier)
Roger Watkins	Mortimer’s keeper (Keeper)
Simon Dormandy	Charles, Dauphin of France
Sissy Collins	Simpcox’s wife
Tom Fahy	Duke of Somerset
Trevor Gordon	Basset

Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Fiennes, Ralph ‘Henry VI’ in Jackson, Russell & Smallwood, Robert (eds). Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearian Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993). pp99-113. Fiennes talks about his role as Henry VI in Adrian Noble’s The Plantagenets

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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