Henry VI

By William Shakespeare

RSC

 

 

 

Production Information

 

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April – November 1964

 

Cast

 

The English

 

Duke of Bedford                              John Normington

Duke of Gloucester                          Paul Hardwick

Duke of Exeter                                  Donald Burton

Bishop of Winchester                      Nicholas Selby

Williams                                            David Waller

Duke of York                                    Donald Sinden

Earl of Suffolk                                   William Squire

The Duke of Somerset                     Philip Brack

The Earl of Warwick                        Brewster Mason

Vernon                                               Rhys McConnochie

Lawyer                                               Peter Forbes-Robertson

Bassett                                                Stephen Hancock

Edmund Mortimer                          Charles Thomas

Lieutenant of the Tower                 Ted Valentine

Lord Talbot                                       Clive Morton

John Talbot                                        Peter Gale

An English Soldier                           David Rowlands

King Henry VI                                  David Warner

Messenger to the Council               James Laurenson

Messenger to York                           Anthony Boden

Eleanor                                              Colette O’Neil

Messenger to Gloucester                Rhys McConnochie

Sir John Hume                                  Charles Kay

Roger Bolingbroke                          Gareth Morgan

Margery Jourdain                            Madoline Thomas

A Townsman of St Albans              David Rowlands

Simpcox                                             John Normington

Simpcox’s Wife                                 Sheila Grant

First Murderer                                  William Dysart

Second Murderer                             Gavin Morrison

First Citizen                                      Stanley Lebor

Second Citizen                                  Roger Jones

Third Citizen                                    David Hargreaves

 

The French

 

Charles, the Dauphin                      Charles kay

Reignier                                             Donald Layne-Smith

The Duke of Alencon                      Peter Geddis

The Bastard of Orleans                   Gareth Morgan

The Duke of Burgundy                   Hugh Sullivan

Joan la Pucelle                                  Janet Suzman

Margaret                                            Peggy Ashcroft

A French Soldier                              Murray Brown

A French Messenger                        Peter Forbes-Robertson

A Papal Legate                                 John Hales

 

Soldiers, Citizens, Servants, Attendants

John Bruce                             Marshall Jones                      Michael Pennington           

John Cargill-Thompson      David Lyn                             David Quilter

Jessica Claridge                    John Malcolm                       Deborah Stanford

Bruce Condell                       Paul Martin                           Alan Tucker

Elisabeth Croft                      Fergus McClelland              Chris Williams

David Ellison                        Lee Menzies

The actor who falls from the wall in Scene 5 is William Dysart          

 

Director                                              Peter Hall and John Barton

Designer                                            John Bury

                                   

                       

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