BBC Shakespeare Collection

Simon Chandler as Lucentio Anthony Pedley as Tranio John Franklyn-Robbins as Baptista Frank Thornton as Gremio Sarah Badel as Katherine Jonathan Cecil as Hortensio Susan Penhaligon as Bianca Harry Waters as Biondello John Cleese as Petruchio David Kincaid as Grumio Bev Willis as Baptista's Servant Angus Lennie as Curtis Harry Webster as Nathaniel Gil Morris as Philip Leslie Sarony as Gregory Derek Deadman as Nicholas Denis Gilmore as Peter John Bird as Pedant Alan Hay as Tailor David Kinsey as Haberdasher John Barron as Vincentio Joan Hickson as Widow Tony Martell as Officer

John Franklyn-Robbins as Antonio John Rhys-Davies as Salerio Alan David as Solanio John Nettles as Bassiano Richard Morant as Lorenzo Kenneth Cranham as Gratiano Gemma Jones as Portia Susan Jameson as Nerissa Daniel Mitchell as Balthasar Warren Mitchell as Shylock Marc Zuber as the Prince of Morocco Enn Reitel as Lancelot Gobbo Joe Gladwin as Old Gobbo Roger Martin as Leonardo Leslee Udwin as Jessica Peter Gale as the Prince of Arragon Arnold Diamond as Tubal Douglas Wilmer as the Duke of Venice Shaun Scott as Stephano

Celia Johnson as The Countess of Rousillion Ian Charleson as Bertram Michael Hordern as Lafeu Angela Down as Helena Peter Jeffrey as Parolles Donald Sinden as the King of France Paul Brooke as Lavache Robert Lindsay as the first Lord Dumaine Dominic Jephcott as the Second Lord Dumaine Rosemary Leach as The Widow of Florence Pippa Guard as Diana Joolia Cappleman as Mariana Nickolas Grace as the "Interpreter" Terence McGinity as The First Gentleman Max Arthur as The Second Gentleman

John Welsh as Archidamus David Burke as Camillo Robert Stephens as Polixenes Jeremy Kemp as Leontes Anna Calder-Marshall as Hermionie Jeremy Dimmick as Mamillius Merelina Kendall as Emilia Cyril Luckham as Antigonus Margaret Tyzack as Paulina John Curless as Cleomenes Colin McCormack as Dion Arthur Hewlett as The Old Shepard Paul Jesson as the Clown Harold Goldblatt as Time Rikki Fulton as Autolycus Robin Kermode as Florizel Debbie Farrington as Perdita Janette Legge as Dorcas Maggie Wells as Mopsa Pat Gorman as The Bear

John Fortune as the Poet John Bird as the Painter Tony Jay as the Merchant David Kinsey as the Jeweller Jonathan Pryce as Timon John Welsh as Flavius Sebastian Shaw as Old Athenian James Cossins as Lucullus Norman Rodway as Apemantus Geoffrey Collins as Flaminius Terence McGinity as Servilius John Shrapnel as Alcibades Hugh Thomas as Lucius Max Arthur as Lucillus Donald Gee as Ventidius John Bailey as Sempronius Michael Anthony as Caphis Elyane Sharling as Phryina Diana Dors as Timandra

John Paul as Canidius Jonathan Adams as Ventidius Jane Lapotaire as Cleopatra Colin Blakely as Antony Darien Angadi as Alexas Janet Key as Charmian Howard Goorney as the Soothsayer Cassie McFarlane as Iras Emrys James as Enobarbus Mohammad Shamsi as Mardian Ian Charleson as Octavius Caesar Esmond Knight as Lepidus Harry Waters as Thidius David Neal as Proculeius Anthony Pedley as Agrippa Geoffrey Collins as Dolabella Donald Sumpter as Pompeius George Innes as Menas Desmond Stokes as Menecrates Lynn Farleigh as Octavius Simon Chandler as Eros Christopher Ettridge as Scarus George Howe as Euphronius Alec Sabin as Dercetas