King Henry IV, Part 1

Synopsis: Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Wilfrid Grantham. With Robert Harris as King, Donald Wolfit as Falstaff and William Fox as Prince Henry. Incidental music composed by Norman Demuth. Noel Iliff narrates.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 31 Jan 1954
Transmission details: 18 Apr 1954 at 19:35 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 170 (incl. interval)
Availability: Unknown

Notes: A BBC recording
General: Rehearsals: 25/1/1954-31/1/1954
History: There was ten-minute musical interval at 20:55 (medieval music played by the Pro Musica Antiqua Ensemble).
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: Source: The Times, Radio Times

Shakespeare, "King Henry IV, Part 1". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70821 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)

Robert Harris	King Henry IV
William Fox	Prince Henry (Hal)
Donald Wolfit	Sir John Falstaff
Laurence Payne	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Janet Burnell	Mistress Quickly
Alan Reid	Lord John of Lancaster
Audrey Leybourne	Lady Mortimer
Baliol Holloway	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Brian Hayes
Bryan Coleman	Sir Walter Blunt
Cyril Shaps	Gadshill
Derek Birch	Sir Richard Vernon
Douglas Hayes	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Ernest Hare	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Ernest Sefton
Hugh Griffith	Owen Glendower
Jack Stewart	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
John Cazabon
John Gabriel	Poins
Michael Blythe	Earl of Westmoreland
Noel Iliff	Narrator
Ronald Harwood	Francis, a Drawer
Rosalind Iden	Lady Percy
Stanley Groome
Tom Criddle	Peto
Trevor Martin	Bardolph

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