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The Life & Death of King John

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. DVD - 2001 DVD 822.33 Sh X1 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1984.
DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format.
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 (Blanche), 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).
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.
DVD.
System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive.

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