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