Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, in part with incidental music
London: 5758--5759 (on container: A 4253).
"The Fall and Foibles of the Kings and Queens of England ... an entertainment ... on the theme of the Monarchy."
Automatic sequence.
Notes on the production on container.
Prologue (Max Adrian) ; The death of kings (John Barton) ; A ballad on Queen Eleanor (Max Adrian) ; 16th & 17th century chroniclers (Richard Johnson) ; 12th century song (Richard Golding) ; Jane Austen's history (Dorothy Tutin) -- Edward III writes a love letter (Richard Johnson and Max Adrian) ; Henry VII investigates a marriage (Max Adrian and John Barton) ; Mary denounces Wat Tyler (Dorothy Tutin) ; Henry VIII writes a love letter to Anne Boleyn (Richard Johnson and Dorothy Tutin) ; Four poems (John Barton, Richard Johnson, Dorothy Tutin and Max Adrian) ; The Queen's command (James Walker) -- James I on tobacco (Max Adrian) ; Charles I trial (Richard Johnson and John Barton) ; Ayre by Charles I (Kevin Miller) ; Charles II (John Barton) ; George II funeral (Max Adrian) ; George III meets Fanny Burney (Dorothy Tutin) -- George IV interpreted by Thackery (John Barton) ; The madness of George III (Dorothy Tutin) ; William the IV makes a good start (Richard Johnson) ; Queen Victoria's coronation (Dorothy Tutin) ; Beethoven variations on God Save the Queen (James Walker)