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An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), produced and broadcast in Britain by the BBC in 1960.
- Drama , Tragedy , History
An Age of Kings: With John Murray Scott, Frank Windsor, David Andrews, John Ringham. A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the eighty-six years between Richard II and Richard III.
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- 1961-10-20
- Drama, History
- 60
The series was the most ambitious Shakespeare cycle yet attempted on stage or screen, presenting eight of the playwright’s history plays in fifteen parts, covering the period 1377 to 1485.
May 13, 2023 · An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V...
Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
Oct 18, 2013 · An extract (1/7) from Episode 7: Signs of War An Age of Kings is BBC Television's compelling 15-episode production from 1960 of William Shakespeare’s great national...
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Sep 17, 2020 · An Age of Kings was the ambitious dramatisation of five Shakespearean plays as a historical project. In An Age of Kings, the kings in question were Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Richard III, as portrayed by William Shakespeare in his plays of the same titles.
