Henry VI. Part 2

Synopsis: Live sound recording of Terry Hand’s 1977 production of Henry VI. Part 2 for the Royal Shakespeare Country with Alan Howard as Henry.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 2 May 1978
Duration: c165

Director

Terry Hands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Guy Woolfenden

Production Design

Farrah

Cast

Alan Howard	King Henry VI
Helen Mirren	Queen Margaret
Anton Lesser	Richard (Crookback), son of Duke of York
Graham Crowden	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Alfred Lynch	Edward, Earl of March
Anthony Naylor	Young Clifford
Arthur Whybrow	Smith the Weaver
Barrie Rutter	Dick the Butcher
Barrie Rutter	Lieutenant
Bille Brown	Sawyer
Charles Dance	Duke of Buckingham
Dan Meaden	Mayor of Saint Albans
Dan Meaden	Alexander Iden
Dan Meaden	Sheriff of London
Dan Meaden	Walter Whitmore
David Shaw-Parker	Emmanuel, the Clerk of Chatham
Desmond Stokes	George Bevis (Rebel (1))
Edwin Richfield	Thomas Horner
Edwin Richfield	Sir Humphrey Stafford
Edwin Richfield	Sergeant
Emrys James	Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York
Iain Mitchell	Master
Iain Mitchell	Beadle
Ian McNeice	Master’s mate
James Laurenson	Jack Cade
Jeffery Dench	Old Lord Clifford
John Burgess	Simon Simpcox
John Rhys-Davies	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Julian Glover	Earl of Warwick
Michael Bertenshaw	John Southwell
Michael Bertenshaw	Stafford’s brother
Michael Bertenshaw	Gentleman (2)
Morris Perry	Earl of Salisbury
Morris Perry	Lord Saye
Morris Perry	Sir John Hume
Myrtle Moss	Margery Jourdain
Oliver Ford Davies	Duke of Somerset
Peter McEnery	Duke of Buckingham
Philip Dunbar	John Holland (Rebel (2))
Richard Derrington	Peter Thump
Roberta Taylor	Simpcox’s wife
Stephen Jenn	Roger Bolingbroke
Stephen Jenn	Sir John Stanley
Stephen Jenn	Gentleman (1)
Yvonne Coulette	Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester

History: The production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon 30 June 1977

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