SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of Shakespeare’s history play produced by Martin Jenkins in stereo, with Leo McKern as Falstaff and Peter Jeffrey as King Henry. The music is specially composed by David Cain and played by Michael Laird, Malcolm Smith, Roger Brenner, Martin Nicholls, Christopher Ball, Terry Emery and Frances Kelly. The singer is Martyn Hill.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

18 Mar 1973 at 18:10 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)

Duration

170 mins

Availability

Unknown

Credits

Producer

Martin Jenkins (2)

Cast

Peter Jeffrey	King Henry IV
John Rowe	Prince Henry (Hal)
Leo McKern	Sir John Falstaff
David Buck	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Elizabeth Spriggs	Mistress Quickly
Andrew Rivers	Messenger
Andrew Rivers	Ostler
Brian Haines	Chamberlain
Brian Haines	Sir Walter Blunt
David Cain
David Gooderson	Sir Michael
David Gooderson	Francis, a Drawer
David Kincaid	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Elizabeth Morgan	Lady Mortimer
Fraser Kerr	Peto
Geoffrey Matthews	Bardolph
Haydn Jones	Owen Glendower
Hugh Dickson	Carrier
Hugh Dickson	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
John Pullen	Sheriff
John Pullen	Sir Richard Vernon
Kate Binchy	Lady Percy
Lewis Stringer	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Martin Hill	Singer
Nigel Lambert	Poins
Peter Sallis	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Richard Hampton	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Robin Browne (2)	Gadshill
Ronald Herdman	Vintner
Ronald Herdman	Carrier
Sam Dastor	Servant
Sam Dastor	Lord John of Lancaster
Terry Scully	Earl of Westmoreland
William Shakespeare

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Henry IV Part 1

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Part 2 was broadcast on the 25 March 1973 (see separate entry).

Reviews

Source: Radio Times, The Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)