BBC Shakespeare Collection

John Shrapnel as Kent Norman Rodway as Gloucester Michael Kitchen as Edmund Michael Hordern as King Lear Gillian Barge as Goneril Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia Penelope Wilton as Regan John Bird as Albany Julian Curry as Cornwall David Weston as Burgundy Harry Waters as The King of France Anton Lesser as Edgar John Grillo as Oswald Frank Middlemass as Fool Ken Stott as Curan George Howe as Doctor

Alan Bennett as Justice Shallow Richard O'Callaghan as Slender Tenniel Evans as Sir Hugh Evans Bryan Marshall as George Page Richard Griffiths as Sir John Falstaff Gordon Gostelow as Bardolph Nigel Terry as Pistol Michael Robbins as Nym Miranda Foster as Anne Page Judy Davis as Mistress Ford Prunella Scales as Mistress Page Ron Cook as Peter Simple Michael Graham Cox as Host Lee Whitlock as Robin Elizabeth Spriggs as Mistress Quickly John Joyce as John Rugby Michael Bryant as Doctor Caius Simon Chandler as Fenton Ben Kingsley as Frank Ford Ralph Brown as John Peter Gordon as Robert Crispin Mair as William Page

John Alford as Master Gunner's Boy John Benfield as Basset/French Sergeant/French Soldier (uncredited)/Scout (uncredited) Peter Benson as Henry VI Brenda Blethyn as Joan la Pucelle Antony Brown as the Duke of Burgundy David Burke as the Duke of Gloucester Michael Byrne as the Duke of Alençon Paul Chapman as the Earl of Suffolk/Sir William Glasdale (uncredited) Ron Cook as Third Messenger to the King/Countess' Porter Arthur Cox as Sir John Fastolfe/Mayor of London/Papal Legate (uncredited) David Daker as Reigner, Duke of Anjou/Vernon Brian Deacon as the Earl of Somerset Tenniel Evans as the Duke of Bedford/ Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March/French General Derek Farr as the Earl of Salisbury/Sir William Lucy Julia Foster as Margaret Derek Fuke as Talbot's Captain/Gloucester's Servant/Blue Coat (uncredited) Alex Guard as Young Talbot Bernard Hill as the Duke of York/Master Gunner Paul Jesson as Second Messenger to the King Joanna McCallum as the Countess d'Auvergne Oengus MacNamara as Countess' Porter/Tawny Coat (uncredited)/York's Messenger (uncredited) Frank Middlemass as Cardinal Beaufort Joseph O'Conor as the Duke of Exeter/Shepherd Trevor Peacock as Lord Talbot Brian Protheroe as the Bastard of Orléans/First Messenger to the King (uncredited) David Pugh as Watchman of Rouen/Mayor's Officer/English Soldier (uncredited) Nick Reding as Keeper Ian Saynor as the Dauphin Charles Mark Wing-Davey as the Earl of Warwick Peter Wyatt as Woodville/Sir

John Benfield as First Murderer/Ship's Master/Beadle of St. Albans (uncredited)/King's Messenger (uncredited)/1st Neighbour (uncredited) Peter Benson as Henry VI Antony Brown as Walter Whitmore/Alexander Iden/Governor of the Isle of Man (uncredited) David Burke as the Duke of Gloucester/Dick the Butcher Michael Byrne as John Hum/Ship's Lieutenant Anne Carroll as the Duchess of Gloucester Paul Chapman as the Duke of Suffolk Ron Cook as Richard Plantaganet/Alderman of St. Albans (uncredited) Arthur Cox as Thomas Horner/Lord Clifford/Master's Mate (uncredited) David Daker as the Duke of Buckingham Brian Deacon as the Duke of Somerset/Smith the Weaver Tenniel Evans as the Earl of Salisbury/Clerk of Chartham Derek Farr as Lord Saye/Roger Bolingbroke (uncredited)/1st Gentleman (uncredited) Julia Foster as Queen Margaret Derek Fuke as Sander Simpcox/George Bevis/John Southwell (uncredited)/Gloucester's Captain (uncredited)/1st Petitioner (uncredited)/2nd Neighbour (uncredited) Alex Guard as 2nd Prentice/Cade's Messenger (uncredited) Bernard Hill as the Duke of York Paul Jesson as John Holland/George Plantagenet Pat Keen as Margery Jourdain Gabrielle Lloyd as Simpox's Wife Oengus MacNamara as Young Clifford/Irish Post (uncredited)/Gloucester's Messenger (uncredited)/1st Prentice (uncredited) Frank Middlemass as Cardinal Beaufort Trevor Peacock as Sheriff/Jack Cade Brian Protheroe as Edward Plantagenet David Pugh as Peter Thump/Second Murderer/William Stafford (uncredited)/2nd Gentleman (uncredited) Mark Wing-Davey as the Earl of Warwick Peter Wyatt as Sir Humphrey Stafford

John Benfield as the Earl of Northumberland/Huntsman/Warwick's Messenger (uncredited) Peter Benson as Henry VI Gerald Blackmore as Warwick's Messenger Antony Brown as Lewis, King of France/Sir John Montgomery/Lieutenant of the Tower (uncredited) Michael Byrne as the Marquess of Montague/Father than Killed his Son Paul Chapman as Earl Rivers Ron Cook as Richard, Duke of Gloucester Rowena Cooper as Lady Elizabeth Grey Arthur Cox as the Duke of Somerset/Sir John Mortimer (uncredited) David Daker as Lord Hastings Mathew David as the Earl of Rutland Brian Deacon as Earl of Oxford Tenniel Evans as First Gamekeeper/First Watchman/York's Messenger/Sir William Stanley (uncredited) Derek Farr as the Duke of Exeter/Mayor of York/Rutland's Tutor (uncredited)/Second Watchman (uncredited)/Nobleman (uncredited) Julia Foster as Queen Margaret Derek Fuke as the Earl of Westmorland/Post/Third Watchman (uncredited)/Clifford's Messenger (uncredited) Tim Fuke as the Earl of Richmond Alex Guard as the Marquess of Dorset/Son that Killed his Father Bernard Hill as the Duke of York Paul Jesson as George, Duke of Clarence Merelina Kendall as Lady Bona Oengus MacNamara as Young Clifford/Warwick's Messenger/Henry's Messenger (uncredited) Brian Protheroe as Edward IV Nick Reding as Edward, Prince of Wales Mark Wing-Davey as the Earl of Warwick Peter Wyatt as the Duke of Norfolk

Peter Benson as the Ghost of Henry VI/Priest (uncredited) Antony Brown as Sir Richard Ratcliffe David Burke as Sir William Catesby Michael Byrne as the Duke of Buckingham Anne Carroll as Jane Shore Paul Chapman as Earl Rivers/Archbishop of Canterbury (uncredited) Ron Cook as Richard III Rowena Cooper as Queen Elizabeth Arthur Cox as Lord Grey/Lord Mayor of London/Sir Christopher (uncredited) Annette Crosbie as the Duchess of York David Daker as Lord Hastings Brian Deacon as Henry, Earl of Richmond/Second Citizen Jeremy Dimmick as Young Duke of York Tenniel Evans as Lord Stanley/Archbishop of York Derek Farr as Sir Robert Brackenbury/Earl of Surrey/Scrivener (uncredited)/Third Citizen (uncredited)/Bishop of Ely (uncredited) Dorian Ford as Edward, Prince of Wales Julia Foster as Margaret Derek Fuke as Sir Thomas Vaughan/Second Murderer/Richard's Fourth Messenger (uncredited) Alex Guard as the Marquess of Dorset Bernard Hill as First Murderer/Sir William Brandon (uncredited)/Sheriff of Wiltshire (uncredited) Paul Jesson as George, Duke of Clarence/Pursuivant (uncredited)/Richard's Third Messenger (uncredited) Patsy Kensit as Lady Margaret Plantagenet Rusty Livingston as Richard's Page Oengus MacNamara as Lord Lovell/Halberdier/Elizabeth's Messenger (uncredited)/Richard's First Messenger (uncredited) Brian Protheroe as Edward IV/Sir Walter Herbert (uncredited)/Richard's Second Messenger (uncredited) Nick Reding as the Ghost of the Prince of Wales Stephen Rooney as Edward Plantagenet Zoë Wanamaker as Lady Anne Mark Wing-Davey as Sir James Tyrell/Sir James Blunt (uncredited)/First Citizen (uncredited) Peter Wyatt as the Duke of Norfolk