The Third Part of Henry the Sixt (1983) (TV)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jane Howell

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play)

Release Date:

16 January 1983 (UK)

Plot Keywords:

Shakespeare's Henry V | William Shakespeare | Blood On Handkerchief | Sequel | Based On Play

Cast

Peter Aldwyn	...	Second Company
John Benfield	...	Earl of Northumberland / 2nd Keeper / Huntsman
Peter Benson	...	Henry VI
Paul Benzing	...	Second Company
Brian Binns	...	Second Company
Gerald Blackmore	...	Second Company
Stephen Brigden	...	Second Company
Gerald Broadley	...	Drummer
Antony Brown	...	Lewis, King of France / Sir John Montgomery
Michael Byrne	...	Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Mark Lindsay Chapman	...	Second Company
Paul Chapman	...	Earl Rivers
Michael Cogan	...	Second Company
Ron Cook	...	Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Rowena Cooper	...	Lady Elizabeth Grey, later Queen
Arthur Cox	...	Duke of Somerset
Stuart Cox	...	Second Company
David Daker	...	Lord Hastings
Mathew David	...	Edmund, Earl of Rutland
Brian Deacon	...	Earl of Oxford
John Dempster	...	Drummer
Jonathan Evans	...	Second Company
Tenniel Evans	...	Messenger to York / First Keeper / First Watchman
Derek Farr	...	Duke of Exeter / Mayor of York
Mark Fletcher	...	Second Company
Julia Foster	...	Queen Margaret
Derek Fuke	...	Earl of Westmoreland / Post
Tim Fuke	...	Young Richmond
Michael Gardiner	...	Second Company
Nigel Gomm	...	Trumpeter
David Goodwin	...	Second Company
Barry Grantham	...	Second Company
Alex Guard	...	Son that Killed his Father / Marquess of Dorset
Nick Hall	...	Second Company
Bernard Hill	...	Duke of York
Paul Jesson	...	George, Duke of Clarence
Merelina Kendall	...	Lady Bona
Angus Kennedy	...	Second Company
Hamish Kerr	...	Second Company
David Leonard	...	Second Company
Hus Levant	...	Second Company
Brian Little	...	Drummer
David Ludwig	...	Second Company
Peter Macklin	...	Second Company
Oengus MacNamara	...	Young Clifford / Messenger to Warwick
Stephen Paine	...	Drummer
Brian Protheroe	...	Edward IV
Ian Puleston-Davies	...	Second Company
John Rankin	...	Second Company
Nick Reding	...	Edward, Prince of Wales
Martin Rutledge	...	Second Company
Peter Searles	...	Second Company
Brian Stephens	...	Second Company
Dikran Tulaine	...	Second Company
Frank Walsh	...	Trumpeter
Mark Wing-Davey	...	Earl of Warwick
Peter Wyatt	...	Duke of Norfolk

Also Known As:

The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry VI, Part Three (USA) (video title)
The Third Part of King Henry VI (UK)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Richard, Duke of Gloucester: [Referring to Edward IV] Would he were wasted: marrow, bones and all; That from his loins no hopeful branch might spring To cross me from the golden time I look for.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Second Part of Henry the Sixt (1983) (TV)

Less dreadful than parts 1 and 2

The two leads, Peter Benson as Henry VI and Julia Foster as Queen Margaret, are much less annoying in the final part of the trilogy than in the first two—towards the end, they even do some actual acting, which suggests that their monotones in the first five sixths of the trilogy should be blamed on the director. The minor parts, as usual for the BBC Shakespeare, are mostly well-handled, even (this time) Bernard Hill as Richard, though it's still a relief that he's replaced in the sequel. The direction is competent when it's not heavy-handed, sometimes (as in Warwick's final speech) going over the top and distracting from the play and Shakespeare's words. The production continues to be cheap and gloomy, but this only occasionally (as with implausible snow on what's normally conceived as a filmed indoor set) interferes with the play, though it never adds to it.