Corruption

Synopsis: Episode 10 of a 26-part serialisation of the Elizabethan history play (encompassing the reign of Edward II to Henry VI), adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins.
This episode, based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part II, stars Martin Jarvis and Anthony Quayle. With Richard Burton as narrator. The music for the series is composed by Christopher Whelen and played by members of the English Chamber Orchestra.
Series: Vivat Rex
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 28 Jan 1977
Transmission details: 17 Apr 1977 at 21:03 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration: 55 mins

History: VIVAT REX was presented by BBC Radio 4 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Each episode of the broadcast was repeated on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesdays at 15:05.
Stills: A large portrait of Burton in front of the microphone can be found in Radio Times, 12-18 February 1977, pp. 61-62.
Textual information: To enable listeners to follow the episodes more easily, a booklet accompanying the series was published, written by Robert Cushman.
Reviews: On Burton’s performance see David Wade, ‘Voices’, Radio Times, 19 February 1977, p. 10.
On a review of the first 6 episodes and Martin Jenkins’ view of the production see Wilfred De’ Ath’s ‘Kings complex’ in Radio Times, 26 March-1 April 1977, p. 66.

Martin Jarvis	Prince Henry, later crowned Henry V
Anthony Quayle	Sir John Falstaff
Roy Dotrice	Robert Shallow
Billie Whitelaw	Doll Tearsheet
Crispin Gillbard	Page
Douglas Blackwell	Peter Bullcalf
Geoffrey Matthews	Gower
Jeffrey Segal	Fang
Jeffrey Segal	Francis, a Drawer
John Hollis	Pistol
Jonathan Scott	Simon Shadow
Leslie Heritage	Francis Feeble
Malcolm Hayes	Nym
Michael Goldie	Thomas Wart
Michael Tudor Barnes	Ralph Mouldy
Nigel Anthony	Poins
Richard Goolden	Silence
Robert Harris	Lord Chief Justice
Rod Beacham	Peto
Steve Hodson	Snare
Steve Hodson	Francis Feeble
Timothy Bateson	Bardolph

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