BBC Television Shakespeare

1978    2h 41mDrama, Comedy
8.1
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

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1 Season

  • Season 1
    Season 137 Episodes

Cast of BBC Television Shakespeare

  • Brenda BruceFirst Witch
  • Jon FinchKing Henry the Fourth
  • David GwillimHenry, Prince of Wales
  • Rob EdwardsPrince John of Lancaster
  • Jeffrey HollandDuke of Surrey
  • Mike LewinFirst Carrier
  • David BuckEarl of Westmoreland
  • Gordon GostelowBardolph
  • Derek JacobiHamlet
  • Richard PascoBrutus
  • Michael HordernCapulet
  • Charles GrayDuke of York
  • John GielgudChorus
  • Roger DavenportDuke of Clarence
  • Claire BloomGertrude
  • John RoweCromwell
  • Christopher StrauliBenvolio
  • Tony ChurchDuke Senior
  • James BolamPorter
  • John SterlandCornelius
  • David DodimeadBishop of Lincoln
  • Michael PooleCardinal Campeius
  • David Henry2nd Soldier
  • Reginald JessupMessenger
  • Julian GloverDuke of Buckingham
  • Tim Pigott-SmithAngelo
  • David CollingsCassius
  • Richard OwensOwen Glendower
  • Garrick HagonMontjoy, a French Herald
  • John NettletonGonzalo
  • Arthur HewlettAdam
  • Carl OatleyEarl Berkeley
  • Ronald ForfarBates
  • William WhymperEarl of Cambridge
  • Tim WyltonFirst Gravedigger
  • John TordoffCinna the Poet
  • Carl ForgioneDuke Senior's Lord
  • Joe RitchieCourt
  • Paddy WardKeeper
  • John HumphryLord Bardolph
  • Alan CollinsGardener's Man
  • Tim BrownHerald
  • Alec McCowenChorus
  • Michele DotriceLady Percy
  • Anthony QuayleSir John Falstaff
  • Bryan PringlePistol
  • Jack GallowayPoins
  • Brian PoyserGower
  • David NealScroop, Archbishop of York
  • Bruce PurchaseEarl of Northumberland
  • Steven BeardPeto
  • John FowlerBoy
  • Rod BeachamEarl of Warwick
  • Paul JessonFirst Citizen
  • Helen MirrenRosalind
  • Patrick RyecartRomeo
  • Kenneth ColleyDuke Vincentio
  • John StrideHenry VIII
  • Rebecca SaireJuliet
  • Brian StirnerOrlando
  • Kate NelliganIsabella
  • Martin SmithDuke of Gloucester
  • Eileen WaySecond Witch
  • Derek GodfreyAntonio
  • Celia JohnsonNurse
  • Keith MichellMarc Antony
  • Ronald PickupCranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Patrick StewartClaudius
  • Anne DysonThird Witch
  • David WallerAlonso
  • Wendy HillerDuchess of York
  • Angharad ReesCelia
  • Barbara KellermanAnne Bullen
  • Martin NeilPrince Humphrey of Gloucester
  • Eric PorterPolonius
  • Mark DignamDuncan
  • Warren ClarkeCaliban
  • Timothy WestCardinal Wolsey
  • Virginia McKennaPortia
  • John McEneryLucio
  • Robert BrownSir Walter Blunt
  • Clifford ParrishDuke of Exeter
  • Lalla WardOphelia
  • James HazeldineMalcolm
  • Nigel HawthorneStephano
  • Clive FrancisOliver
  • Mary MorrisDuchess of Gloucester
  • Joseph O'ConorFriar Laurence
  • Elizabeth SpriggsCalpurnia
  • Jacqueline PearceMariana
  • David RobbLaertes
  • Christopher EllisonCaptain
  • Laurence NaismithPrince Escalus
  • Richard EastonDuke Frederick
  • David SwiftDuke of Northumberland
  • Frank MiddlemassPompey
  • Sam DastorCasca
  • Patrick AllenGhost of Hamlet's Father
  • Anthony AndrewsMercutio
  • Clifford RoseBishop of Carlisle
  • Alun ArmstrongProvost
  • Lewis FianderDuke of Suffolk
  • Jon LaurimoreFlavius
  • Robert SwannHoratio
  • Gawn GraingerRoss
  • Alan RickmanTybalt
  • Charles KeatingDuke of Aumerle
  • John QuentinLe Beau
  • Adrienne CorriMistress Overdone
  • Alan LeithSergeant-at-Arms
  • Jonathan HydeRosencrantz
  • Nicol WilliamsonMacbet
  • Jacqueline HillLady Capulet
  • Maynard WilliamsSilvius
  • Ellis JonesElbow
  • Geoffrey BatemanGuildenstern
  • Ian HoggBanquo
  • Janet MawQueen
  • Victoria PlucknettPhebe
  • John CleggFroth
  • Brian CoburnMessala
  • John BaileyGriffith, Gentleman-Usher
  • Emrys JamesFirst Player (King)
  • David LyonAngus
  • Christopher NortheyParis
  • Marilyn Le ConteAudrey
  • David TroughtonSurveyor
  • Leonard PrestonTitinius
  • William SleighBarnardine
  • Jason KempSecond Player (Queen)
  • Jane LapotaireLady Macbeth
  • Jeremy BullochHenry Percy
  • Paul HenryPeter
  • Tom McDonnellAmiens
  • Neil McCarthyAbhorson
  • Alexander DavionDecius Brutus
  • Geoffrey BeeversThird Player (Lucianus)
  • Gordon KaneFirst Messenger
  • Robin SachsBushy
  • David Lloyd MeredithCorin
  • Roger DavidsonBalthasar
  • Charles Lloyd PackLord Sandys
  • Darien AngadiCinna
  • Yolande PalfreyJuliet
  • Bill HomewoodPlayer in the mime, King
  • Alistair HendersonFleance
  • Damien ThomasBagot
  • John PaulMontague
  • Eileen PageFrancisca
  • Nigel LambertSir Thomas Lovell
  • Andrew HiltonLucilius
  • Peter RichardPlayer in the mime, Queen
  • Zulema DeneLady Montague
  • Alan DaltonGreen
  • Kevin StoneyEscalus
  • Anthony DawesLigarius
  • Terence McGinityPlayer in the mime, Lucianus
  • Tony DoyleMacduff
  • Timothy BatesonSir Oliver Martext
  • Esmond KnightOld Capulet
  • Adam BarehamSir Henry Guildford
  • Roger BizleyMetellus
  • Godfrey JackmanFriar Thomas
  • Peter BurroughsPlayer
  • Tom BowlesDonalblain
  • David ProwseCharles
  • David SibleySampson
  • John FlintLord Willoughby
  • Alan TuckerFirst Gentleman
  • Manning WilsonCicero
  • Jeffrey DauntonServant
  • Stuart FellPlayer
  • Will LeightonOld Man
  • John Moulder-BrownHymen
  • Jack CarrGregory
  • John Cater1st Gentleman
  • John AbbottSecond Gentleman
  • Ian CharlesonFortinbras
  • Eamon BolandSeyton
  • Paul BentallJaques de Boys
  • Bunny ReedAbraham
  • Jeremy KempDuke of Norfolk
  • Patrick MarleyArtemidorus
  • David BrowningA Justice
  • Barry LoweFirst Murderer
  • Vernon DobtcheffApothecary
  • John BarcroftEarl of Salisbury
  • Peter TulloPalace Lord
  • William SimonsTrebonius
  • Jack McKenzieSir Nicholas Vaux
  • Geoffrey CousinsServant
  • Peter BensonSecond Gravedigger
  • Christopher ReichSecond Murderer
  • John SavidentFriar John
  • David GarfieldWelsh Captain
  • David King LassmanPageboy
  • Paul HumpoletzMarcellus
  • Denyse AlexanderGentlewoman
  • Danny SchillerMusician
  • Desmond AdamsSir Pierce of Exton
  • Jane HowellDirector
  • Jonathan MillerDirector / Producer
  • Elijah MoshinskyDirector
  • David GilesDirector
  • John GorrieDirector
  • Rodney BennettDirector
  • David Hugh JonesDirector
  • Jack GoldDirector
  • Basil ColemanDirector
  • Alvin RakoffDirector
  • Kevin BillingtonDirector
  • Desmond DavisDirector
  • Herbert WiseDirector
  • James Cellan JonesDirector
  • Don TaylorDirector
  • Stuart BurgeDirector
  • William ShakespeareWriter
  • Shaun SuttonProducer
  • Cedric MessinaProducer

 

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