Deception

Synopsis: Episode 11 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 2, stars Martin Jarvis, Robert Hardy 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: 4 Feb 1977
Transmission details: 24 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.

Robert Hardy	King Henry IV
Martin Jarvis	Prince Henry, later crowned Henry V
Anthony Quayle	Sir John Falstaff
Alan Rowe	Neville, Earl of Warwick
Bernard Hepton	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Colin Baker	Prince John of Lancaster
David Graham	Earl of Westmoreland
David Neal	Scroop, Archbishop of York
Geoffrey Collins	Thomas, Duke of Clarence
John Corvin	Sir John Coleville
Neville Jason	Lord Hastings
Walter Hall	Messenger
Walter Hall	Harcourt
William Eedle	Lord Mowbray

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