Digitally remastered ; picture & sound enhanced ; word for word as written by William Shakespeare. John Stride (Henry VIII), Timothy West (Cardinal Wolsey), Michael Poole (Cardinal Campeius), Ronald Pickup (Cranmer), Peter Vaughn (Gardiner), David Dodimead (Bishop of Lincoln), Julian Glover (Duke of Buckingham), Jeremy Kemp (Duke of Norfolk), Charles Lloyd Pack (Lord Sands), John Nettleton (Lord Chamberlain), Lewis Fiander (Duke of Suffolk), Oliver Cotton (Earl of Surrey), David Rintoul (Lord Abergavenny), Jack May (Lord Chancellor), Jack McKenzie (Sir Nicholas Vaux), Nigel Lambert (Sir Thomas Lovell), Claire Bloom (Katharine of Aragon), Barbara Kellerman (Anne Bullen), Sylvia Coleridge (Old Lady), Tony Church (Prologue), John Rowe (Cromwell), Alan Leith (Sergeant-at-Arms), John Bailey (Griffith), David Troughton, Adam Bareham, Jeffrey Daunton, John Cater, Roger Lloyd Pack, Michael Gaunt, Emma Kirkby, Sally Home, Michael Walker, John Rhys-Davies, Timothy Barker, Brian Osborne, John Rogan.
Summary:
The last play Shakespeare wrote spins a web of intrigue and betrayal. This production was filmed at Henry's favorite place, Leeds Castle, with its ceremonies enacted in the very rooms the King inhabited, nearly 500 years ago.
Series:
The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. History Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works (Ambrose Video).
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50541463
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.