< The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978 - 1985)

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Drama | BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

Director: Jane Howell
Director: Jonathan Miller
Director: David Giles
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Director: John Gorrie
Director: Rodney Bennett
Brenda Bruce (60 in 1979) - Mistress Quickly // Hostess Quickly // Hostess
Jon Finch (36) - King Henry the Fourth // Henry Bolingbroke
David Gwillim (31 in 1979) - Henry, Prince of Wales // King Henry the Fifth
Michael Hordern (67) - Capulet // Prospero // Lafeu
Rob Edwards (30 in 1979) - Prince John of Lancaster // Duke of Bedford
David Buck (43 in 1979) - Earl of Westmoreland // Earl of Westmorland
Jeffrey Holland (32) - Duke of Surrey // William // Nym
Mike Lewin - Herald // Palace Lord // First Carrier
Gordon Gostelow (54 in 1979) - Bardolph
Derek Jacobi (40) - Richard II // Hamlet
Richard Pasco (52) - Jaques // Brutus
Charles Gray (50) - Duke of York // Julius Caesar
John Gielgud (74) - Chorus // John of Gaunt
Claire Bloom (48 in 1979) - Katharine of Aragon // Gertrude
Roger Davenport (33 in 1979) - Thomas, Duke of Clarence // Duke of Clarence
Christopher Strauli (32) - Benvolio // Claudio
Celia Johnson (70) - Nurse // Countess of Rousillion
Julian Glover (44 in 1979) - Duke of Buckingham // The Constable of France
Tim Pigott-Smith (33 in 1979) - Angelo // Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
John Rowe (38 in 1979) - Cromwell // Lennox

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