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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: Michael Hordern as King Lear, 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
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, 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, Michael Pennington as Posthumus
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
 
26 :05x05 - Henry VI, Part Two (Jan/09/1983)
Part 2 deals with King Henry's gradual loss of power and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.
Guest Stars: Mark Wing-Davey as Earl of Warwick, Frank Middlemass as Cardinal of Winchester, Ron Cook as Richard Plantagenet, Anne Carroll (2) as Duchess of Gloucester, Trevor Peacock as Jack Cade, Bernard Hill as Duke of York, Julia Foster as Queen Margaret, Peter Benson (1) as King Henry VI
Director: Jane Howell
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
27 :05x06 - Henry VI, Part Three (Jan/16/1983)
The struggles between the Houses of Lancaster and York tear England apart in the Wars of the Roses. Eventually, the House of York emerges triumphant and Henry VI is murdered.
Guest Stars: Nick Reding as Prince Edward, Rowena Cooper as Lady Grey, Brian Protheroe as King Edward IV, Mark Wing-Davey as Earl of Warwick, Ron Cook as Richard Duke of Gloucester, Bernard Hill as Duke of York, Julia Foster as Queen Margaret, Peter Benson (1) as King Henry VI
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
 
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