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3 sound discs (159 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Henry V is dead and the throne is now occupied by the infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed Protector, however, a struggle for power soon develops between the young King's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile, the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry V.
"A fully dramatized recording of William Shakespeare's Henry VI"--Container.
"A companion to The complete Pelican Shakespeare"--Container.
Liner notes including plot synopsis and complete cast list in container.
David Tennant (King Henry VI), Norman Rodway (Duke of Gloucester), John Bowe (Talbot), Amanda Root (Joan de Pucelle), Clive Merrison (Richard Plantagenet), Nigel Cooke (Earl of Suffolk), Steve Hodson (Bishop of Winchester), Isla Blair (Countess of Auvergne), Christopher Benjamin (Duke of Bedford), Anthony Jackson (Duke of Exeter), Michael N. Harbour (Duke of Somerset), Christian Rodska (Earl of Salisbury), David Yelland (Charles, Dauphin of France), Kelly Hunter (Margaret of Anjou), Raymond Bowers (Duke of Burgundy), Mark Lambert (Duke of Alencon), Nicholas Rowe (Bastard of Orleans), John Hollis (Duke of Anjou), Trevor Martin (Edmund Mortimer), John McAndrew (Young Talbot).
Director, Clive Brill ; composer, Dominique Le Gendre ; producers, Bill Shepherd and Tom Treadwell.