Production Information

Henry VI programme

The Royal Shakespeare Company

Henry VI Part Two

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

First performance of this production: 30.6.77


CAST

LANCASTER

King Henry VI

Queen Margaret

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle

Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester

Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester

The Duke of Suffolk

The Duke of Somerset

The Duke of Buckingham

Lord Clifford

Young Clifford, his son

Lord Say

Sir Humphrey Stafford

Sir William Stafford, his brother

Sir John Stanley

Alan Howard

Helen Mirren

Graham Crowden

Yvonne Coulette

John Rhys-Davies

Peter McEnery

Oliver Ford-Davies

Charles Dance

Jeffery Dench

Anthony Naylor

Morris Perry

Edwin Richfield

Michael Bertenshaw

Stephen Jenn

YORK

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York

Edward, his son

Richard, his son

Emrys James

Alfred Lynch

Anton Lesser

NEVILLE

The Earl of Salisbury

The Earl of Warwick, his son

Clem McCallin

Julian Glover

COMMONS

Jack Cade

George Bevis

John Holland

Dick, the butcher

Smith, the weaver

Peter

Simpcox

Simpcox's wife

Sawyer

Beadle

Apprentice

Bolingbroke

Margery Jourdain

John Hume

John Southwell

Sheriff

The Clerk of Chatham

Horner

The Mayor of St Albans

Sergeant

Lieutenant

Walter Whitmore

Master

Mate

First Gentleman

Second Gentleman

Alexander Iden

James Laurenson

Desmond Stokes

Philip Dunbar

Barrie Rutter

Arthur Whybrow

Richard Derrington

John Burgess

Roberta Taylor

Billie Brown

Iain Mitchell

Ian McNeice

Stephen Jenn

Myrtle Moss

Morris Perry

Michael Bertenshaw

Dan Meaden

David Shaw-Parker

Edwin Richfield

Dan Meaden

Edwin Richfield

Barrie Rutter

Dan Meaden

Iain Mitchell

Ian McNeice

Stephen Jenn

Michael Bertenshaw

Dan Meaden


Directed by

Designed by

Music by

Lighting arranged by

Company voice work by

Assistant Director

Fights arranged by

Stage Manager

Deputy Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Terry Hands

Farrah

Guy Woolfenden

John Bradley

Cicely Berry

Ian Judge

Ian McKay

Robin Miskimmin

Louise Horswill

Andrew Campbell

MUSICIANS: Michael Tubbs Music Director, Gordon Bennett trumpet, Nigel Garvey percussion, Roger Hellyer bassoon, rauschpfeiffe, Peter Morris horn, Robert Pritchard trumpet, Ian Reynoldsflute, Gareth Richards trombone, David Statham horn, Robin Weatherall percussion, John Woolf oboe.

Act 1 will be about 1 hour and 35 minutes. Act 2 will be about 1 hour and 10 minutes. There will be an interval of 15 minutes.


 

Playing Shakespeare/Henry VI Part Two