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Series 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - Romeo and Juliet (Dec/03/1978) | | Romantic tragedy about two teenagers from feuding families who fall for each other and the tragic results of their love. | | Guest Stars: Mark Arden as Page, Jacqueline Hill as Lady Capulet, Roger Davidson as Balthasar, Zulema Dene as Lady Montague, David Sibley as Sampson, Christopher Strauli as Benvolio, John Paul as Montague, Esmond Knight as Old Capulet, Jack Carr (1) as Gregory, Vernon Dobtcheff as Apothecary, John Savident as Friar John, Jeremy Young (1) as First Watchman, Jeffrey Chiswick as Second Watchman, Laurence Naismith as Prince Escalus, Alan Rickman as Tybalt, Anthony Andrews as Mercutio, Joseph O'Conor as Friar Lawrence, Celia Johnson (3) as Nurse, Christopher Northey as Paris, Paul Henry (1) as Peter, Bunny Reed (1) as Abraham, Danny Schiller as Musician, Gary Taylor (1) as Potpan, Robert Burbage as Page, Alan Bowerman as First Citizen, Michael Hordern as Capulet, Patrick Ryecart as Romeo, Rebecca Saire as Juliet, John Gielgud as Chorus | Director: Alvin Rakoff
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 2 :01x02 - Richard II (Dec/10/1978) | | Richard II, a weak and vacillating king, gives up his throne when faced with an invasion of England by a force led by the exiled Henry of Bolingbroke. Richard is later murdered by agents loyal to Bolingbroke. | | Guest Stars: David Dodimead as Lord Ross, Alan Dalton as Green, Wendy Hiller as Duchess of York, Phillada Sewell as Queen's Lady, Mike Lewin (1) as Herald, Tim Brown (2) as Herald, Jonathan Adams (2) as Gardener, Carl Oatley as Earl Berkeley, William Whymper as Sir Stephen Scroop, John Barcroft as Earl of Salisbury, Desmond Adams as Sir Pierce of Exton, Alan Collins (2) as Gardener's Man, John Curless as Lord Fitzwater, Terry Wright as Murderer, Ronald Fernee as Servant, Sandra Frieze (1) as Queen's Lady, Bruno Barnabe as Abbot of Westminster, Paddy Ward as Keeper, Joe Ritchie as Groom, Derek Jacobi as King Richard II, John Gielgud as John of Gaunt, Jon Finch (1) as Henry Bolingbroke, Charles Gray (1) as Duke of York, Mary Morris as Duchess of Gloucester, David Swift (2) as Duke of Northumberland, Clifford Rose as Bishop of Carlisle, Charles Keating as Duke of Aumerle, Richard Owens as Thomas Mowbray, David Garfield (1) as Welsh Captain, John Flint as Lord Willoughby, Damien Thomas as Bagot, Robin Sachs as Bushy, Jeremy Bulloch as Henry Percy, Jeffrey Holland (1) as Duke of Surrey, Janet Maw as Queen | Director: David Giles (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 3 :01x03 - As You Like It (Dec/17/1978) | | Popular comedy about mistaken identity in the forest of Arden. | | Guest Stars: David Prowse as Charles, John Moulder-Brown as Hymen, Paul Bentall as Jaques de Boys, Mike Lewin (1) as Second Palace Lord, Carl Forgione as Banished Duke's Lord in Arden, Max Harvey as Second Banished Duke's Lord in Arden, Tom McDonnell (1) as Amiens, David Lloyd Meredith as Corin, Peter A. Tullo as First Palace Lord, Chris Sullivan as Dennis, Paul Phoenix as Page, Barry Holden as Second Page, Timothy Bateson as Sir Oliver Martext, Jeffrey Holland (1) as William, Arthur Hewlett as Adam, Brian Stirner as Orlando, Tony Church as Old Duke, Victoria Plucknett as Phebe, Helen Mirren as Rosalind, Richard Pasco as Jaques, Angharad Rees as Celia, James Bolam as Touchstone, Marilyn Le Conte as Audrey, Maynard Williams as Silvius, John Quentin as Le Beau, Richard Easton as Duke Frederick, Clive Francis as Oliver | Director: Basil Coleman
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 4 :01x04 - Julius Caesar (Feb/11/1979) | | Tragedy about the assassination in Rome of Julius Caesar by a group led by Brutus and Cassius and its aftermath. | | Guest Stars: Michael Jenkinson as Dardanius, Noel Johnson as Publius, Nicholas Gecks as Volumnius, Jonathan Scott-Taylor as Lucius, Philip York as Young Cato, William Simons as Trebonius, Robert Oates as Pindarus, Christopher Good (1) as Clitus, Terence Conoley as Popolius, Reginald Jessup as Poet, Roy Spencer as Lepidus, Johnnie Wade as 3rd Soldier and 3rd Plebian, Michael Greatorex as Varro, Alan Thompson (6) as First Servant and First Plebian, Michael Cogan as Caesar's Servant, David Henry (1) as 2nd Soldier and 4th Plebian, Leo Dolan as 2nd Citizen and 2nd Plebian, Jack Elliott (2) as Octavius' Servant and a Messsenger, Tom Kelly (1) as Claudius and Antony's Servant, Maurice Thorogood as Strato, John Tordoff as Cinna the Poet, Ronald Forfar as Soothsayer, Jon Laurimore as Flavius, Garrick Hagon as Octavius Caesar, David Collings (1) as Cassius, Elizabeth Spriggs as Calpurnia, Virginia McKenna as Portia, Keith Michell (1) as Mark Antony, Richard Pasco as Marcus Brutus, Charles Gray (1) as Julius Caesar, Sam Dastor as Casca, Brian Coburn as Messala, John Sterland as Marullus, Roger Bizley as Metellus, Leonard Preston as Titinius, Andrew Hilton as Lucilius, Patrick Marley as Artemidorus, Manning Wilson as Cicero, Darien Angadi as Cinna, Anthony Dawes as Ligarius, Alexander Davion as Decius Brutus | Director: Herbert Wise
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 5 :01x05 - Measure For Measure (Feb/18/1979) | | Duke Escalus goes away from Vienna for a while leaving his stern deputy, Angelo, in charge of things. Angelo immediately begins enforcing a strict moral code which might be bad news for Claudio who has impregnated his fiancee. | | Guest Stars: Harry Jones as -, Geoffrey Cousins as Servant, Kevin Stoney as Escalus, John Abbott (2) as Second Gentleman, Alan Tucker as First Gentleman, Kate Nelligan as Isabella, Eileen Page as Francisca, William Sleigh as Barnardine, David King Lassman as Pageboy, Tony Friel as -, John Sarbutt as -, Nicholas Tudor as -, Neil McCarthy as Abhorson, David Browning as A Justice, Kenneth Colley as Duke Vincentio, Tim Pigott-Smith as Angelo, Alun Armstrong as Provost, Frank Middlemass as Pompey, Christopher Strauli as Claudio, Jacqueline Pearce as Mariana, John McEnery as Lucio, Ellis Jones as Elbow, Godfrey Jackman as Friar Thomas, John Clegg (1) as Froth, Yolanda Vazquez as Juliet, Adrienne Corri as Mistress Overdone | Director: Desmond Davis
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 6 :01x06 - Henry VIII (Feb/25/1979) | | Shakespeare's account of the political machinations behind the divorce of Henry VIII from Katherine of Aragon, his subsequent re-marriage to Anne Boleyn, and the birth of the future Elizabeth I. | | Guest Stars: Lewis Fiander as Duke of Suffolk, Nigel Lambert as Sir Thomas Lovell, Charles Lloyd Pack as Lord Sands, Jack McKenzie (1) as Sir Nicholas Vaux, John Nettleton as Lord Chamberlain, Oliver Cotton as Earl of Surrey, David Rintoul as Lord Abergavenny, Jack May (1) as Lord Chancellor, Sylvia Coleridge as Old Lady, John Rowe as Thomas Cromwell, Jeremy Kemp as Duke of Norfolk, John Stride as Henry VIII, Timothy West as Cardinal Wolsey, Barbara Kellerman as Anne Boleyn, Julian Glover as Duke of Buckingham, Ronald Pickup as Cranmer, Claire Bloom as Katharine of Aragan, Michael Poole as Cardinal Campeius, Peter Vaughan (1) as Gardiner, David Dodimead as Bishop of Lincoln | Director: Kevin Billington
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
Series 2 |
| 7 :02x01 - Henry IV, Part One (Dec/09/1979) | | Henry IV, having seized the throne of England from Richard II, tries to unite the various factions of the country. Meanwhile, his son Prince Hal enjoys a life of leisure with Sir John Falstaff and other rowdy friends. | | Guest Stars: John Cairney (1) as Archibald, Earl of Douglas, David Neal (1) as Scroop, Archbishop of York, Rob Edwards (3) as Prince John of Lancaster, David Buck as Earl of Westmoreland, Robert Brown (2) as Sir Walter Blunt, Bryan Pringle as Pistol, Gordon Gostelow as Bardolph, Sharon Morgan as Lady Mortimer, Richard Owens as Owen Glendower, Robert Morris (3) as Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, Brenda Bruce as Mistress Quickly, Anthony Quayle as Sir John Falstaff, Jon Finch (1) as King Henry IV, David Gwillim as Henry, Prince of Wales, Tim Pigott-Smith as Henry Percy (Hotspur), Clive Swift as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, Bruce Purchase as Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Michele Dotrice as Lady Percy, Jack Galloway as Poins | Director: David Giles (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 8 :02x02 - Henry IV, Part Two (Dec/16/1979) | | The aging King Henry IV worries whether or not his heir, Prince Hal, will be able to measure up the the responsibilities of kingship. When the time comes for Hal to assume the throne he more than measures up by ending his association with Sir John Falstaff and his motley crew. | | Guest Stars: Gordon Gostelow as Bardolph, Bryan Pringle as Pistol, Jonathan Fowler as Falstaff's Page, Robert Eddison as Justice Robert Swallow, Leslie French as Justice Silence, Jenny Laird as Lady Northumberland, Michele Dotrice as Lady Percy, Ralph Michael as Lord Chief Justice, David Neal (1) as Scroop, Archbishop of York, Rob Edwards (3) as Prince John of Lancaster, Anthony Quayle as Sir John Falstaff, David Gwillim as Henry, Prince of Wales, Jon Finch (1) as King Henry IV, Bruce Purchase as Earl of Northumberland, Jack Galloway as Poins, Brenda Bruce as Mistress Quickly, Frances Cuka as Doll Tearsheet | Director: David Giles (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 9 :02x03 - King Henry the Fifth (Dec/23/1979) | | Good King Hal leads the English into battle against French forces at Agincourt in hopes of grabbing the French throne for himself. | | Guest Stars: Jonathan Fowler as Boy, Jocelyne Boisseau as Princess Katherine, Trevor Baxter as Archbishop of Canterbury, John Abineri as Bishop of Ely, Anna Quayle as Alice, Brian Poyser as Gower, Rob Beacham as Earl of Warwick, Brenda Bruce as Mistress Quickly, Garrick Hagon as Mountjoy the Herald, Julian Glover as Constable of France, David Gwillim as King Henry V, Alec McCowen as Chorus, Bryan Pringle as Pistol, Tim Wylton as Fluellen, Clifford Parris as Duke of Exeter, Thorley Walters as King Charles VI, Keith Drinkel as Louis the Dauphin | Director: David Giles (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 10 :02x04 - Twelfth Night (Jan/06/1980) | | Comedy set in the region of Illyria about mistaken identity which leads to a love quadrangle. | | Guest Stars: Ric Morgan (1) as Sea Captain, Arthur Hewlett as Priest, Daniel Webb (1) as Servant, Andrew MacLachlan (1) as First Officer, Jean Channon as Waiting Woman, Clive Arrindell as Orsino, Malcolm Reynolds as Valentine, Peter Holt as Second Officer, Ryan Michael as Curio, Michael Thomas (1) as Sebastian, Maurice Roëves as Antonio, Alec McCowen as Malvolio, Robert Hardy (2) as Sir Toby Belch, Felicity Kendal as Viola, Annette Crosbie as Maria, Sinéad Cusack as Olivia, Trevor Peacock as Feste, Ronnie Stevens as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Robert Lindsay as Fabian | Director: John Gorrie
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 11 :02x05 - The Tempest (Feb/27/1980) | | Shakespeare's final comedy about a group of shipwreck survivors on an island ruled by an exiled Duke. | | Guest Stars: Andrew Sachs as Trinculo, Kenneth Gilbert (2) as Boatswain, Christopher Bramwell as Adrian, Paul Greenhalgh as Francisco, Gwyneth Lloyd as Juno, Elizabeth Gardner (2) as Ceres, Judith Rees as Iris, Nigel Hawthorne as Stephano, John Nettleton as Gonzalo, Alan Rowe (1) as Sebastian, Michael Hordern as Prospero, David Dixon (1) as Ariel, Warren Clarke as Caliban, Pippa Guard as Miranda, Christopher Guard as Ferdinand, Derek Godfrey as Antonio, David Waller as Alonso | Director: John Gorrie
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 12 :02x06 - Hamlet (May/25/1980) | | Classic tragedy about Hamlet, a melancholy Prince of Denmark, who sets out to avenge the murder of his father by his uncle who now occupies the Danish throne. | | Guest Stars: Paul Humpoletz as Marcellus, Peter Benson (1) as Second Gravedigger, Tim Wylton as First Grave Digger, Stuart Fell as Player, Terence McGinity as Player in the mime - Murderer, Geoffrey Beevers as Third Player - Lucianus, Christopher Baines as Francisco, John Humphry (1) as Voltimand, John Sterland as Cornelius, Peter Gale (1) as Osric, Raymond Mason as Reynaldo, Dan Meaden as Norwegian Captain, Reginald Jessup as Messenger, Michael Poole as Priest, David Henry (1) as English Ambassador, Jason Kemp as Second Player - Queen, Emrys James as First Player - King, Geoffrey Bateman as Guildenstern, Eric Porter as Polonius, Bill Homewood as Player in the mime - King, Peter Richard as Player in the mime - Queen, Peter Burroughs as Player, Ian Charleson as Fortinbras, Niall Padden as Bernardo, Iain Blair as Sailor, Derek Jacobi as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Claire Bloom as Queen Gertrude, Jonathan Hyde (1) as Rosencrantz, Robert Swann as Horatio, Patrick Allen (1) as Ghost, David Robb as Laertes, Lalla Ward as Ophelia, Patrick Stewart as King Claudius | Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
Series 3 |
| 13 :03x01 - The Taming of the Shrew (Oct/23/1980) | | Newly married Petruchio finds the going rough when he attempts to tame his new bride Katharine. | | Guest Stars: Harry Waters, Jr. as Biondello, John Bird (1) as Pedant, Joan Hickson as Widow, John Barron (1) as Vincentio, Alan Hay as Tailor, David Kinsey as Haberdasher, Angus Lennie as Curtis, Frank Thornton as Gremio, John Franklyn-Robbins as Baptista, Sarah Badel as Katherine, John Cleese as Petruchio, Susan Penhaligon as Bianca, Simon Chandler as Lucentio, Jonathan Cecil as Hortensio, Anthony Pedley as Tranio, David Kincaid as Grumio | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 14 :03x02 - The Merchant of Venice (Dec/17/1980) | | The fair maiden Portia disguises herself as a man and pretends to be a lawyer in order to prevent villainous moneylender Shylock from taking a pound of flesh from merchant Antonio. | | Guest Stars: John Rhys-Davies as Salerio, Alan David (2) as Solanio, Marc Zuber as Prince of Morocco, Peter Gale (1) as Prince of Aragon, Enn Reitel as Lancelot Gobbo, Joe Gladwin as Old Gobbo, Arnold Diamond as Tubal, Douglas Wilmer as Duke of Venice, Richard Morant as Lorenzo, Warren Mitchell as Shylock, Gemma Jones as Portia, John Franklyn-Robbins as Antonio, John Nettles as Bassiano, Susan Jameson as Nerissa, Kenneth Cranham as Gratiano, Leslee Udwin as Jessica | Director: Jack Gold (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 15 :03x03 - All's Well That Ends Well (Jan/04/1981) | | A poor doctor's daughter seeks to win the hand of a noblewoman's son but has a hard tim persuading him to go along with her intentions. | | Guest Stars: Pippa Grant as Diana, Rosemary Leach as Widow of Florence, Joolia Cappleman as Mariana, Nickolas Grace as Interpreter, Kevin Stoney as Steward, Terence McGinity as First Gentleman, Max Arthur as Second Gentleman, Dominic Jephcott (1) as Second Lord Dumaine, Robert Lindsay as First Lord Dumaine, Angela Down as Helena, Ian Charleson as Bertram, Peter Jeffrey (1) as Parolles, Celia Johnson (3) as Countess of Rousillion, Michael Hordern as Lafeu, Donald Sinden as King of France, Paul Brooke as Lavache | Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 16 :03x04 - The Winter's Tale (Feb/08/1981) | | Problem comedy about a noblewoman who mistakenly believes his wife to be guilty. | | Guest Stars: Paul Jesson as Clown, Cyril Luckham as Antigonus, Jeremy Dimmick as Mamillus, John Curless as Cleomenes, Colin McCormack as Dion, Harold Goldblatt as Time the Chorus, Pat Gorman as Bear, Arthur Hewlett as Old Shepard, Robin Kermode as Florizel, Jeremy Kemp as Leontes, Anna Calder-Marshall as Hermione, Margaret Tyzack as Paulina, Robert Stephens (2) as Polixenes, David Burke (2) as Camillo, Rikki Fulton as Autolycus, Debbie Farrington as Perdita | Director: Jane Howell
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 17 :03x05 - Timon of Athens (Apr/16/1981) | | When it becomes known that wealthy nobleman and philanthropist Timon of Athens is broke, his friends turn against him. In response, Timon retreats to a cave where he rants and raves against humanity. | | Guest Stars: John Bailey (1) as Sempronius, Max Arthur as Lucillus, Elyane Sharling as Phryina, Diana Dors as Timandra, David Kinsey as Jeweler, Geoffrey Collins as Flaminius, Terence McGinity as Servilius, Donald Gee as Ventidus, James Cossins as Lucullus, Jonathan Pryce as Timon, Norman Rodway as Apemantus, John Shrapnel as Alcibades, John Welsh (2) as Flavius, John Fortune (1) as Poet, John Bird (1) as Painter, Hugh Thomas as Lucius | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 18 :03x06 - Antony and Cleopatra (May/08/1981) | | Story of the love affair between Roman general Mark Antony and Egyptian queen Cleopatra, their quest for joint power, and their eventual demise. | | Guest Stars: Janet Key as Charmian, Darien Angadi as Alexas, Jonathan Adams (2) as Ventidus, John Paul as Canidus, Lynn Farleigh as Octavia, John Eastham as Servant, Howard Goorney as Soothsayer, Cassie McFarlane as Iras, Emrys James as Enobarbus, Harry Waters, Jr. as Thyreus, David Neal (1) as Proculeius, Anthony Pedley as Agrippa, Donald Sumpter as Pompeius, George Innes (1) as Menas, Michael Egan as Soldier, George Howe as Euphronius, Christopher Ettridge as Scarus, Pat Connell (1) as Soldier, Colin Blakely as Marc Antony, Jane Lapotaire as Cleopatra, Ian Charleson as Octavius Caesar, David Kincaid as Cleopatra's Messenger, Michael Anthony (1) as 2nd Messenger, Iain Rattray as Soldier, Kevin Huckstep as 1st Messenger, Mohammad Shamsi as Mardian, Esmond Knight as Lepidus, Simon Chandler as Eros, Jimmy Gardner (1) as Clown, Alec Sabin as Dercetas, Frederick Warder as Soldier, Desmond Stokes as Menecrates, Geoffrey Collins as Dolabella | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
Series 4 |
| 19 :04x01 - Othello (Oct/04/1981) | | Othello, a Moorish general, is married to virtuous Desdemona but thanks to the jealous machinations of the villainous Iago things end in tragedy. | | Guest Stars: Joseph O'Conor as Lodovico, Wendy Morgan (1) as Bianca, Seymour Green (1) as 1st Senator, Howard Goorney as 2nd Senator, Max Harvey as 1st Gentleman, Terence McGinity as 2nd Gentleman, Nigel Nobes as 3rd Gentleman, Peter Walmesley as Officer, Alexander Davion as Gratiano, Tony Steedman as Montano, Anthony Hopkins as Othello, Bob Hoskins as Iago, Penelope Wilton as Desdemona, Rosemary Leach as Emilia, Geoffrey Chater as Brabantio, Anthony Pedley as Roderigo, David Yellard as Cassio, John Barron (1) as Duke of Venice | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 20 :04x02 - Troilus and Cressida (Oct/07/1981) | | Love story of Troilus and Cressida set against the backdrop of the Trojan War. | | Guest Stars: Simon Cutter as Patroclus, Paul Moriarty as Diomedes, Geoffrey Chater as Nestor, Benjamin Whitrow as Ulysses, Kenneth Haigh as Achilles, Jack Birkett as Thersites, Ann Pennington as Helen, Merelina Kendall as Andromache, Elayne Sharling as Cassandra, Max Harvey as Alexander, David Kinsey as Servant to Paris, Peter Walmsley as Servant to Troilus, Bernard Brown (1) as Menelaus, Vernon Dobtcheff as Agamemnon, Anton Lesser as Troilus, Suzanne Burden as Cressida, Peter Whitbread as Calchas, Anthony Pedley as Ajax, Tony Portacio as Helenus, Peter Cassell as Deiphobus, Esmond Knight as Priam, Charles Gray (1) as Pandarus, Tony Steedman as Aeneas, Cornelius Garrett as Margarelon, David Firth as Paris, John Shrapnel as Hector | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 21 :04x03 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Dec/13/1981) | | Shakesperean fantasy about the magical goings on in the forest of Arden. | | Guest Stars: Roy Mort as Snug, Phil Daniels as Puck, Helen Mirren as Titania, Peter McEnery as Oberon, Bruce Savage as Peaseblossom, Massimo Mezzofanti as Cobweb, Dominic Martelli as Moth, Timothy Cross as Mustardseed, Brian Glover as Nick Bottom, Nat Jackley as Snout, Don Estelle as Starveling, Jonathan Fowler as Flute, Estelle Kohler as Hippolyta, Nigel Davenport as Theseus, Hugh Quarshie as Philostrate, Geoffrey Lumsden as Egeus, Pippa Guard as Hermia, Nicky Henson (1) as Demetrius, Robert Lindsay as Lysander, Cherith Mellor as Helena, Geoffrey Palmer as Quince | Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
Series 5 |
| 22 :05x01 - King Lear (Sep/19/1982) | | Old King Lear leaves his kingdom to two of his scheming daughters and ends up getting tossed out on his behind to wander his former realm in poverty. | | Guest Stars: John Grillo as Oswald, Anton Lesser as Edgar, Norman Rodway as Gloucester, Gillian Barge as Goneril, John Wells (2) as Albany, Penelope Wilton as Regan, Michael Kitchen as Edmund, Frank Middlemass as Fool, John Shrapnel as Kent, Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia, Michael Hordern as King Lear | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 23 :05x02 - Cymbeline (Jul/10/1983) | | Cymbeline, ruler of ancient Britain, is forced to banish his beloved daughter when she refuses to marry the man he chooses for her. | | Guest Stars: Graham Crowden as Caius Lucius, Patricia Hayes as Soothsayer, Ray Mort as Gaoler, Aimée Delamain as Gentle Woman, Terence McGinity as 1st British Captain, Peter Aldwyn as 2nd British Captain, Nigel Robson as Singer, Geoffrey Lumsden as Philario, Marius Goring as Sicilus Lenoatus, Madge Ryan as Mother, Allen Hendrick as Frenchman, Nicholas Young (1) as Lord, Michael Hordern as Jupiter, Paul Jesson as Cloten, Michael Pennington as Posthumus, Helen Mirren as Imogen, Robert Lindsay as Iachimo, Richard Johnson (1) as Cymbeline, Claire Bloom as Queen, Michael Gough (1) as Belarius, Hugh Thomas as Cornelius, John Kane (1) as Pisanio, Patsy Smart as Helen, David Creedon as Arriragus, Geoffrey Burridge as Guiderius | Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 24 :05x03 - The Merry Wives of Windsor (Dec/28/1982) | | When the roguish Sir John Falstaff attempts to seduce two small town women he discovers that both are more than a match for his antics. | | Guest Stars: Tenniel Evans as Sir Hugh Evans, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mistress Quickly, Bryan Marshall (2) as George Page, Gordon Gostelow as Bardolph, Nigel Terry as Pistol, Miranda Foster as Anne Page, Ron Cook as Peter Simple, Michael Graham Cox (3) as Innkeeper, Lee Whitlock as Robin, Michael Robbins as Nym, Michael Bryant (1) as Dr. Caius, Richard O'Callaghan as Slender, Richard Griffiths (1) as Sir John Falstaff, Judy Davis as Mistress Ford, Prunella Scales as Mistress Page, Ben Kingsley as Frank Ford, Alan Bennett as Justice Shallow, Simon Chandler as Fenton, Ralph Brown as John, Peter Gordon as Robert, Crispin Mair as William Page | Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 25 :05x04 - Henry VI, Part One (Jan/02/1983) | | First of three parts dealing with the live of King Henry VI. Part one deals with the early years of King Henry's reign from the English losing much of their conquered French territory because of Joan of Arc until Henry's marriage to Margaret of Anjou. | | Guest Stars: Arthur Cox as Sir John Falstolfe/Mayor of London, Derek Farr as Earl of Salisbury, Tenniel Evans as Duke of Bedford, Ian Saynor as Dauphin Charles, Mark Wing-Davey as Earl of Warwick, Ron Cook as Messenger/Porter, David Baker (1) as Duke of Anjou, Joseph O'Conor as Duke of Exeter, Peter Benson (1) as King Henry VI, Julia Foster as Queen Margaret, Joanna McCallum as Countess d'Auvergne, Alex Guard as John Talbot, Frank Middlemass as Bishop of Winchester | Director: Jane Howell
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 :05x07 - Richard III (Jan/23/1983) | | Richard, Duke of Gloucester, lies, schemes, and murders his way onto the throne of England as King Richard III. | | Guest Stars: Paul Jesson as George, Duke of Clarence, Bernard Hill as First Murderer, Derek Fuke as Sir Thomas Vaughan, Julia Foster as Queen Margaret, Derek Farr as Sir Robert Brakenbury, Earl of Surrey, Tenniel Evans as Lord Stanley, Patsy Kensit as Lady Margaret Plantagenet, Oengus MacNamara as Halberdier, Lord Lovell, Brian Protheroe as King Edward IV, Nick Reding as Ghost of The Prince of Wales, Zoë Wanamaker as Lady Anne, Mark Wing-Davey as Sir James Tyrrel, Peter Wyatt as Duke of Norfolk, Stephen Paine as Drummer, Frank Walsh as Trumpeter, Brian Deacon as Henry, Earl of Richmond, David Daker as Lord Hastings, Annette Crosbie as Duchess of York, Peter Benson (1) as King Henry VI, Anthony Brown (4) as Sir Richard Ratcliffe, David Burke (2) as Sir William Catesby, Michael Byrne (1) as Duke of Buckingham, Anne Carroll (2) as Jane Shore, Paul Chapman as Earl Rivers, Ron Cook as King Richard III, Jeremy Dimmick as Young Duke Of York, Dorian Ford as Edward Prince of Wales, Arthur Cox as Lord Grey, Mayor of London, Rowena Cooper as Queen Elizabeth, Rusty Livingstone as Page to Richard, Brian Little as Drummer, Alex Guard as Marquess of Dorset, Nigel Gomm as Trumpeter | Director: Jane Howell
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
Series 6 |
| 29 :06x01 - Macbeth (Oct/17/1983) | | After hearing a prophecy that he will beome King of Scotland, Macbeth, encouraged by his ambitious wife, determines to make the prophecy come true. | | Guest Stars: Philip Dunbar as 3rd Murderer, Christopher Reich as 2nd Murderer, Barry Lowe as 1st Murderer, Christopher Fulford as 2nd Messenger, Gordon Kane as 1st Messenger, Will Leighton as Old Man, Rodney Cardiff as 4th Murderer, Mark Lindsay (2) as 5th Murderer, Crispin Mair as Macduff's Son, Jane Lapotaire as Lady Macbeth, Jill Baker as Lady Macduff, Denyse Alexander (1) as Gentlewoman, Brenda Bruce as 1st Witch, Eileen Way as 2nd Witch, Anne Dyson as 3rd Witch, James Bolam as Porter, Christopher Ellison as Captain, John Woodnutt as Doctor, Nicol Williamson as Macbeth, Ian Hogg as Banquo, Mark Dignam as Duncan, James Hazeldine as Malcolm, Tom Bowles (1) as Donalbain, Tony Doyle (1) as Macduff, John Rowe as Lennox, Gawn Grainger as Ross, Matthew Long (2) as Monteith, Eamon Boland (1) as Seyton, Nicholas Coppin as Young Siward, William Abney as Siward, Alistair Henderson as Fleance, Peter Porteous as Caithness, David Lyon (1) as Angus | Director: Jack Gold (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 30 :06x02 - The Comedy of Errors (Dec/24/1983) | | Two sets of twins, each unaware of the existence of the other, cause chaos when they all end up in the same town. | | Guest Stars: David Kelly (1) as Balthazar, Alfred Hoffman (3) as 2nd Merchant, Frank Williams (2) as Officer, Ingrid Pitt as Courtezan, Geoffrey Rose as Pinch, Wendy Hiller as Aemelia, Peter MacKriel as Messenger, Sam Dastor as Angelo, Marsha Fitzhalan as Luce, Joanne Pearce as Luciana, Cyril Cusack as Aegan, Charles Gray (1) as Solinus Duke of Ephasus, Bunny Reed (1) as Gaoler, Michael Kitchen as Antipholi Twins, Roger Daltrey as Dromio Twins, Noel Johnson as 1st Merchant, Suzanne Bertish as Adriana | Director: James Cellan Jones (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 31 :06x03 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Dec/27/1983) | | Proteus and Valentine, the two gentlemen of Verona in the title, endure various romanitc complications. | | Guest Stars: Tony Haygarth as Lance, David Collings (1) as Thurio, Paul Daneman as Duke of Milan, Daniel Flynn (1) as Servant, Adam Kurakin as 1st Outlaw, John Baxter as 2nd Outlaw, Andrew Burt as 3rd Outlaw, Joanne Pearce as Silvia, John Woodnutt as Panthino, Frank Barrie (1) as Sir Eglamour, Tessa Peake-Jones as Julia, Hetta Charnley as Lucetta, Tyler Butterworth as Proteus, John Hudson (3) as Valentine, Nicholas Kaby as Speed, Michael Byrne (1) as Antonio | Director: Don Taylor (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 32 :06x04 - Coriolanus (Apr/21/1984) | | Roman general Coriolanus wins numerous awards for his bravery on the battlefield but finds himself out maneuvered on the political front thus leading to his tragic end. | | Guest Stars: Reginald Jessup as 2nd Volsican Soldier, Irene Worth as Volumnia, Joanna McCallum as Virgillia, Patsy Smart as Gentlewoman, Heather Canning as Valeria, Jay Ruparelia as Roman Soldier, Damien Franklin as Young Marcius, Nicholas Amer as Aedile, Teddy Kempner as Nicanor, Stephen Finlay as Antium Citizen, Joss Ackland as Menenius, Brian Poyser as 1st Volsican Soldier, Valentine Dyall as Adrian, Paul Jesson as 1st Citizen, Ray Roberts as 2nd Citizen, Leon Lissek as 3rd Citizen, Jon Rumrey as 4th Citizen, Russell Kilminster as 5th Citizen, Alan Howard as Caius Marcius Coriolanus, John Rowe as Roman Senator, Peter Sands as Titus Lartius, John Burgess as Sicinius, Anthony Pedley as Brutus, Mike Gwilym as Aufidius | Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 33 :06x05 - Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Jun/11/1984) | | Drama about the wanderings of Pericles, Prince of Tyre and the daughter, Diana, whom he left behind and later thought dead. | | Guest Stars: Edward Petherbridge as Gower, Clive Swift as Lord Cerimon, Juliet Stevenson as Thaisa, Patrick Allen (1) as King Simonides, John Woodvine as Antiochus, Norman Rodway as Cleon of Tarsus, Annette Crosbie as Dianyza, Amanda Redman as Marina, Mike Gwilym as Pericles | Director: David Hugh Jones (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
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| 34 :07x01 - King John (Nov/24/1984) | | Drama about the turbulent reign of King John, considered by many historians to be the worst king in English history. | | Guest Stars: Jonathan Coy as Louis the Dauphin, Luc Owen as Duke of Britaine, Gorden Kaye as Duke of Austria, Claire Bloom as Constance, John Moreno (1) as Melun, Ian Barritt as French Herald, Janet Maw as Blanche, Carl Oatley as English Herald, Clifford Parrish as Angiers Citizen, Richard Wordsworth as Cardinal Pandulph, Charles Kay as King Phillip of France, Phyllida Law as Lady Falconbridge, Leonard Rossiter as King John, William Whymper as Chatillon, Mary Morris as Queen Elinor, Robert Brown (2) as Earl of Pembroke, John Castle (1) as Earl of Salisbury, John Flint as Lord Bigot, John Thaw as Herbert de Brugh, George Castigan as Phillip the Bastard, Edward Hibbert as Robert Falconbridge, Mike Lewin (1) as James Gurney | Director: David Hugh Jones (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 35 :07x02 - Much Ado About Nothing (Nov/30/1984) | | Matchmaking and mistaken identity are the key elements of this classic Shakesperean romantic comedy. | | Guest Stars: Michael Elphick as Dogberry, Oz Clarke as Balthasar, Ishia Bennison as Ursula, Tony Rohr as Borachio, Robert Gwilym (1) as Conrade, Vernon Dobtcheff as Don John, Clive Dunn as Verges, Gorden Kaye as First Watch, Perry Benson as Second Watch, Roger Frost as Member of Watch, Declan Mulholland as Member of Watch, Stephen Wale as Member of Watch, Graham Crowden as Friar Francis, John Kidd (1) as Sexton, Barbara Rhoades as Dancer, Gordon Whiting as Antonio, Robert Reynolds (2) as Claudio, Robert Lindsay as Benedick, Katharine Levy (1) as Hero, Pamela Moiseiwitsch as Margaret, Ben Losh as Boy, Simone Baker as Dancer, Jean Pierre Blanchard as Dancer, Nicola Keen as Dancer, Philippa Luce as Dancer, Bryan Payne as Dancer, Trevor St John Hacker as Dancer, Jon Finch (1) as Don Pedro, Cherie Lunghi as Beatrice, Tim Faulkner as Messenger, Lee Montague as Leonato, Clair Symonds as Dancer, Peter Salmon as Dancer | Director: Stuart Burge
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 36 :07x03 - Love's Labour's Lost (Jan/05/1985) | | The King of Navarre and three of his noblemen friends take an oath to devote themselves to three years of study and forego the company of women. This oath proves easier said than done when the smokin' hot Princess of France arrives on the scene with three attractive ladies in waiting. | | Guest Stars: Frank Williams (2) as Dull, John Kane (1) as Moth, Geoffrey Burridge as Dumain, Jay Ruparelia as Adrian, John Burgess as Sir Nathaniel, John Wells (2) as Holofernes, Valentine Dyall as Marcade, Clifford Rose as Boyet, Petra Markham as Katherine, Paddy Nevin as Jacquenetta, Jonathan Kent as King of Navarre, Maureen Lipman as Princess of France, David Warner (1) as Don Armando, Mike Gwilym as Berowne, Jenny Agutter as Rosaline, Christopher Blake as Longaville, Paul Jesson as Castard | Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
| 37 :07x04 - Titus Andronicus (Apr/27/1985) | | Shakespeare's goriest and most violent play is about a Roman general's grisly revenge plot against those who grievously wronged him. | | Guest Stars: Gavin Richards as Lucius, Crispin Redman as Quintus, Tom Hunsinger as Martius, Michael Packer as Mutius, Trevor Peacock as Titus Andronicus, Anna Calder-Marshall as Lavinia, Paul Kelly (3) as Publius, John Benfield as Caius, Deddie Davis as Nurse, Hugh Quarshie as Aaron, Michael Crompton as Chiron, Paul Davies Prowles as Young Lucius, Edward Hardwicke as Marcus, Walter Brown (2) as Aemilius, Brian Protheroe as Saturninus, Nicholas Gecks as Bassianus, Derek Fuke as Sempronius/Captain, Eileen Atkins as Tamora, Peter Searles as Alarbus/Valentine, Neil McCaul (1) as Demetrius, Tim Potter as Clown | Director: Jane Howell
Writer: William Shakespeare | | | |
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