The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) | Full Cast

Basil Coleman

DIRECTOR

David Giles

DIRECTOR

Alvin Rakoff

DIRECTOR

Kevin Billington

DIRECTOR

Desmond Davis

DIRECTOR

Herbert Wise

DIRECTOR

Richard Pasco

Brutus

Charles Gray

Duke of York

John Gielgud

Chorus

Christopher Strauli

Benvolio

Tony Church

Duke Senior

Jeffrey Holland

Duke of Surrey

David Dodimead

Bishop of Lincoln

Mike Lewin

Herald

Helen Mirren

Rosalind

Derek Jacobi

Richard II

Patrick Ryecart

Romeo

Kenneth Colley

Duke Vincentio

John Stride

Henry VIII

Rebecca Saire

Juliet

Brian Stirner

Orlando

Kate Nelligan

Isabella

Jon Finch

Henry Bolingbroke

Celia Johnson

Nurse

Julian Glover

Duke of Buckingham

Ronald Pickup

Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

Tim Pigott-Smith

Angelo

Keith Michell

Marc Antony

Michael Hordern

Capulet

Wendy Hiller

Duchess of York

Angharad Rees

Celia

Barbara Kellerman

Anne Bullen

David Collings

Cassius

James Bolam

Touchstone

Timothy West

Cardinal Wolsey

Virginia McKenna

Portia

John McEnery

Lucio

Clive Francis

Oliver

Mary Morris

Duchess of Gloucester

Joseph O'Conor

Friar Laurence

Elizabeth Spriggs

Calpurnia

Jacqueline Pearce

Mariana

Laurence Naismith

Prince Escalus

David Swift

Duke of Northumberland

Richard Easton

Duke Frederick

Frank Middlemass

Pompey

Sam Dastor

Casca

John Rowe

Cromwell

Anthony Andrews

Mercutio

Clifford Rose

Bishop of Carlisle

Alun Armstrong

Provost

Lewis Fiander

Duke of Suffolk

Jon Laurimore

Flavius

Alan Rickman

Tybalt

Charles Keating

Duke of Aumerle

John Quentin

Le Beau

Adrienne Corri

Mistress Overdone

Alan Leith

Sergeant-at-Arms

John Sterland

Marullus

Jacqueline Hill

Lady Capulet

Richard Owens

Thomas Mowbray

Maynard Williams

Silvius

Claire Bloom

Katharine of Aragon

Garrick Hagon

Octavius Caesar

Ellis Jones

Elbow

Janet Maw

Queen

Victoria Plucknett

Phebe

John Clegg

Froth

Brian Coburn

Messala

John Bailey

Griffith, Gentleman-Usher

Christopher Northey

Paris

Marilyn Le Conte

Audrey

David Troughton

Surveyor

Leonard Preston

Titinius

William Sleigh

Barnardine

Jeremy Bulloch

Henry Percy

Paul Henry

Peter

Tom McDonnell

Amiens

Neil McCarthy

Abhorson

John Nettleton

Lord Chamberlain

Alexander Davion

Decius Brutus

Robin Sachs

Bushy

David Lloyd Meredith

Corin

Roger Davidson

Balthasar

Charles Lloyd Pack

Lord Sandys

Yolande Palfrey

Juliet

Darien Angadi

Cinna

Damien Thomas

Bagot

John Paul

Montague

Arthur Hewlett

Adam

Nigel Lambert

Sir Thomas Lovell

Eileen Page

Francisca

Andrew Hilton

Lucilius

Zulema Dene

Lady Montague

Alan Dalton

Green

Kevin Stoney

Escalus

Anthony Dawes

Ligarius

Timothy Bateson

Sir Oliver Martext

Esmond Knight

Old Capulet

Adam Bareham

Sir Henry Guildford

Roger Bizley

Metellus

Godfrey Jackman

Friar Thomas

David Prowse

Charles

David Sibley

Sampson

John Flint

Lord Willoughby

Manning Wilson

Cicero

Alan Tucker

First Gentleman

Jeffrey Daunton

Servant

John Moulder-Brown

Hymen

Jack Carr

Gregory

Carl Oatley

Earl Berkeley

John Cater

1st Gentleman

Ronald Forfar

Soothsayer

John Abbott

Second Gentleman

Paul Bentall

Jaques de Boys

William Whymper

Sir Stephen Scroop

Bunny Reed

Abraham

Jeremy Kemp

Duke of Norfolk

Patrick Marley

Artemidorus

David Browning

A Justice

Vernon Dobtcheff

Apothecary

John Barcroft

Earl of Salisbury

Peter Tullo

Palace Lord

William Simons

Trebonius

Jack McKenzie

Sir Nicholas Vaux

Geoffrey Cousins

Servant

John Savident

Friar John

David Garfield

Welsh Captain

John Tordoff

Cinna the Poet

Michael Poole

Cardinal Campeius

David King Lassman

Pageboy

Danny Schiller

Musician

Carl Forgione

Duke Senior's Lord

Desmond Adams

Sir Pierce of Exton

Peter Vaughan

Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

Philip York

Young Cato

Tony Friel

First Gaoler

Jeremy Young

1st Watch

Max Harvey

Duke Senior's Lord

Joe Ritchie

Groom

Christopher Good

Clitus

Harry Jones

Second Gaoler

Sylvia Coleridge

Old Lady, Anne Bullen's friend

Paddy Ward

Keeper

Chris Sullivan

Dennis

Jeffrey Chiswick

2nd Watch

Michael Gaunt

Crier

Robert Oates

Pindarus

John Sarbutt

First Arresting Officer

Bruno Barnabe

Abbot of Westminster

Gary Taylor

Potpan

Paul Phoenix

Page

David Rintoul

Lord Abergavenny

Alan Thompson

1st Citizen

Nicholas Tudor

Second Arresting Officer

Jonathan Adams

Gardener

Mark Arden

Page

Barry Holden

Page

Leo Dolan

2nd Citizen

Robert Burbage

Page

Alan Collins

Gardener's Man

Johnnie Wade

1st Soldier

Emma Kirkby

Singer

John Curless

Lord Fitzwater

Alan Bowerman

1st Citizen

David Henry

2nd Soldier

Sally Home

Patience

Terry Wright

Murderer

Jonathan Scott-Taylor

Lucius

Oliver Cotton

Earl of Surrey

Ronald Fernee

Servant

Tom Kelly

Antony's Servant

Michael Walker

Messenger

Tim Brown

Herald

John Rhys-Davies

Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V

Jack Elliott

Messenger

Michael Cogan

Caesar's Servant

Timothy Barker

Page to Gardiner

Phillada Sewell

Queen's Lady

Brian Osborne

Door-keeper of the Council Chamber

Reginald Jessup

Poet

Sandra Frieze

Queen's Lady

John Rogan

Dr. Butts

Maurice Thorogood

Strato

Jack May

Lord Chancellor

Michael Greatorex

Varro

Nicholas Gecks

Volumnius

Michael Jenkinson

Dardanius

Roy Spencer

Lepidus

Terence Conoley

Popilius

Noel Johnson

Publius

Roger Lloyd Pack

2nd Gentleman