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The life & death of King John
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Shakespeare's play about the weak and despicable King John, who tries to fend off the royal claims of Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who is supported by the King of France. In spite of the support of Fa...
Shakespeare's play about the weak and despicable King John, who tries to fend off the royal claims of Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who is supported by the King of France. In spite of the support of Faulconbridge, John alienates the English nobility and runs afoul of the Pope. In the end he is poisoned and his son Henry III becomes King.
Details
- Creator
- by William Shakespeare ; Time Life Video ; presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation ; a BBC-Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by David Giles
- Included Titles
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- BBC Shakespeare plays
- Shakespeare plays (Television program)
- Ambrose Video 2.0
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Giles, David, 1926-2010, director
- Sutton, Shaun, producer
- Sell, Colin, composer
- Waterson, Juanita, costume designer
- Anthony, Chick, sound designer
- Wilders, John, consultant
- Pemsel, Chris, designer
- Rossiter, Leonard, 1926-1984, actor
- Whymper, William, actor
- Morris, Mary, 1915-1988, actor
- Brown, Robert, 1921-2003, actor
- Castle, John, 1940- actor
- Flint, John, 1929-1987, actor
- Thaw, John, 1942-2002, actor
- Costigan, George, 1947- actor
- Hibbert, Edward, actor
- Law, Phyllida, 1932- actor
- Lewin, Mike, actor
- Kay, Charles, 1930- actor
- Coy, Jonathan, 1953- actor
- Owen, Luc, actor
- Kaye, Gorden, 1941-2017, actor
- Bloom, Claire, 1931- actor
- Moreno, John, 1939- actor
- Barritt, Ian, actor
- Maw, Janet, 1954- actor
- Oatley, Carl, actor
- Parrish, Clifford, actor
- Wordsworth, Richard, actor
- Brimble, Ian, actor
- Chenery, Ronald, actor
- Collins, Alan, actor
- Brown, Tim, actor
- Livingstone, Rusty, actor
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King John
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
- Time-Life Video
- Time-Life Television
- Ambrose Video Publishing
- Publication
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- [New York] : Ambrose Video, [2009]
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video (158 min.) : digital, FLV file, sound, color
- OCLC
- ocn501023988
- Credits
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- Leonard Rossiter (King John), William Whymper (Chatillon), Mary Morris (Queen Elinor), Robert Brown (Earl of Pembroke), John Castle (Earl of Salisbury), John Flint (Lord Bigot), John Thaw (Hubert de Burgh), George Costigan (Philip the Bastard), Edward Hibbert (Robert Faulconbridge), Phyllida Law (Lady Faulconbridge), Mike Lewin (James Gurney), Charles Kay (King Philip of France), Jonathan Coy (Lewis, the Dauphin), Luc Owen (Arthur, Duke of Britaine), Gorden Kaye (Lymoges, Duke of Austria), Claire Bloom (Constance), John Moreno (Melun), Ian Barritt (French herald), Janet Maw (Blanch), Carl Oatley (English herald), Clifford Parrish (Citizen of Angiers), Richard Wordsworth (Cardinal Pandulph), Ian Brimble (First executioner), Ronald Chenery (English messenger), Alan Collins (Peter of Pomfret), Tim Brown (French messenger), Rusty Livingstone (Prince Henry)
- Music composed & conducted by Colin Sell ; production manager, Jenny Macarthur ; camera supervisor, Geoff Feld ; videotape editor, Stan Pow ; visual effects designer, Colin Mapson ; make-up designer, Elizabeth Rowell ; costume designer, Juanita Waterson ; sound, Chick Anthony ; lighting director, Howard King ; literary consultant, John Wilders ; designer, Chris Pemsel
- Includes public performance rights.
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced for television broadcast in 1984.
- Available on Ambrose Video 2.0.
- System requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer; Firefox; Adobe Flash Player.
- Closed captioned.