An Age of Kings (1960)
An Age of Kings (1960)
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Cast & Crew.
Terry Scully
King Henry VI
John Murray Scott
Messenger
Christopher Marlowe
Theatre Play
Thomas Nashe
Theatre Play
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Peter Dews
Producer
Christopher Whelen
Original Music Composer
Stanley Morris
Production Design
Arthur Bliss
Theme Song Performance
Michael Hayes
Director
Patrick Garland
Duke of Bedford
John Greenwood
Messenger
Terence Lodge
Duke of Exeter
Kenneth Farrington
Duke of Buckingham
Judi Dench
Katherine
Hermione Baddeley
Doll Tearsheet
Andrew Faulds
Earl of Douglas
Angela Baddeley
Mistress Quickly
Sean Connery
Harry Percy
Noel Johnson
Duke of Norfolk
Violet Carson
Duchess of York
Geoffrey Bayldon
Duke of York
Patrick Garland
Sir Stephen Scroop
Paul Daneman
Richard
George A. Cooper
Earl of Northumberland
Julian Glover
Lord Marshal
Frank Windsor
Bishop of Carlisle
John Ringham
Lord Berkeley
Jerome Willis
Morton
Robert Hardy
Henry, Prince of Wales
Frank Pettingell
Sir John Falstaff
David Andrews
Lord Bardolph
Alan Rowe
Snare
Valerie Gearon
Lady Mortimer
Jane Wenham
Elizabeth Grey
Michael Graham Cox
Macmorris / Drawer / Davy / Lord Mayor / Shepherd / Abbot of Westminster / Keeper / Carrier
Jack May
Barry Jackson
Robert Lang
Anthony Valentine
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Wiki.
An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), produced and broadcast in Britain by the BBC in 1960. The United States broadcast of the series the following year was hosted by University of Southern California professor Frank Baxter, who provided an introduction for each episode specifically tailored for the American audience. At the time, the show was the most ambitious Shakespearean television adaptation ever made, and was a critical and commercial success in both the UK and the US.
Performed live, all episodes were telerecorded during their original broadcasts and, for their success and cultural significance, have survived intact.