The crown's a cursed thing—watch three families murder each other for 211 glorious minutes.
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Acting
Ron Cook's Richard—watch the hunchback become the night.
Production
Single set, painted floor—history as claustrophobic nightmare.
Director
Jane Howell
Peter Benson
King Henry VI
Michael Byrne
Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Ron Cook
Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Julia Foster
Queen Margaret
Bernard Hill
Duke of York
Brian Protheroe
Edward, Earl of March, later Edward IV
Mark Wing-Davey
Earl of Warwick
John Benfield
Earl of Northumberland / Huntsman
Paul Chapman
Earl Rivers
Rowena Cooper
Lady Elizabeth Grey, later Queen to Edward IV
Arthur Cox
Duke of Somerset
David Daker
Lord Hastings
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes