The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) | Full Cast

Jane Howell

DIRECTOR

Jonathan Miller

DIRECTOR

Elijah Moshinsky

DIRECTOR

David Giles

DIRECTOR

John Gorrie

DIRECTOR

Rodney Bennett

DIRECTOR

David Hugh Jones

DIRECTOR

Jack Gold

DIRECTOR

Basil Coleman

DIRECTOR

Alvin Rakoff

DIRECTOR

Kevin Billington

DIRECTOR

Desmond Davis

DIRECTOR

Herbert Wise

DIRECTOR

James Cellan Jones

DIRECTOR

Don Taylor

DIRECTOR

Stuart Burge

DIRECTOR

Brenda Bruce

First Witch

Jon Finch

King Henry the Fourth

David Gwillim

Henry, Prince of Wales

Rob Edwards

Prince John of Lancaster

Jeffrey Holland

Duke of Surrey

Mike Lewin

First Carrier

David Buck

Earl of Westmoreland

Gordon Gostelow

Bardolph

Derek Jacobi

Hamlet

Richard Pasco

Brutus

Michael Hordern

Capulet

Charles Gray

Duke of York

John Gielgud

Chorus

Roger Davenport

Duke of Clarence

Claire Bloom

Gertrude

John Rowe

Cromwell

Christopher Strauli

Benvolio

Tony Church

Duke Senior

James Bolam

Porter

John Sterland

Cornelius

David Dodimead

Bishop of Lincoln

Michael Poole

Cardinal Campeius

David Henry

2nd Soldier

Reginald Jessup

Messenger

Julian Glover

Duke of Buckingham

Tim Pigott-Smith

Angelo

David Collings

Cassius

Richard Owens

Owen Glendower

Garrick Hagon

Montjoy, a French Herald

John Nettleton

Gonzalo

Arthur Hewlett

Adam

Carl Oatley

Earl Berkeley

Ronald Forfar

Bates

William Whymper

Earl of Cambridge

Tim Wylton

First Gravedigger

John Tordoff

Cinna the Poet

Carl Forgione

Duke Senior's Lord

Joe Ritchie

Court

Paddy Ward

Keeper

John Humphry

Lord Bardolph

Alan Collins

Gardener's Man

Tim Brown

Herald

Alec McCowen

Chorus

Michele Dotrice

Lady Percy

Anthony Quayle

Sir John Falstaff

Bryan Pringle

Pistol

Bruce Purchase

Earl of Northumberland

David Neal

Scroop, Archbishop of York

Jack Galloway

Poins

Brian Poyser

Gower

John Fowler

Boy

Rod Beacham

Earl of Warwick

Steven Beard

Peto

Paul Jesson

First Citizen

Helen Mirren

Rosalind

Patrick Ryecart

Romeo

Kenneth Colley

Duke Vincentio

John Stride

Henry VIII

Rebecca Saire

Juliet

Brian Stirner

Orlando

Kate Nelligan

Isabella

Martin Smith

Duke of Gloucester

Eileen Way

Second Witch

Derek Godfrey

Antonio

Celia Johnson

Nurse

Keith Michell

Marc Antony

Ronald Pickup

Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

Patrick Stewart

Claudius

Anne Dyson

Third Witch

David Waller

Alonso

Wendy Hiller

Duchess of York

Angharad Rees

Celia

Barbara Kellerman

Anne Bullen

Martin Neil

Prince Humphrey of Gloucester

Eric Porter

Polonius

Mark Dignam

Duncan

Warren Clarke

Caliban

Timothy West

Cardinal Wolsey

Virginia McKenna

Portia

John McEnery

Lucio

Robert Brown

Sir Walter Blunt

Clifford Parrish

Duke of Exeter

Lalla Ward

Ophelia

James Hazeldine

Malcolm

Nigel Hawthorne

Stephano

Clive Francis

Oliver

Mary Morris

Duchess of Gloucester

Joseph O'Conor

Friar Laurence

Elizabeth Spriggs

Calpurnia

Jacqueline Pearce

Mariana

David Robb

Laertes

Christopher Ellison

Captain

Laurence Naismith

Prince Escalus

David Swift

Duke of Northumberland

Richard Easton

Duke Frederick

Frank Middlemass

Pompey

Sam Dastor

Casca

Patrick Allen

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Anthony Andrews

Mercutio

Clifford Rose

Bishop of Carlisle

Alun Armstrong

Provost

Lewis Fiander

Duke of Suffolk

Jon Laurimore

Flavius

Robert Swann

Horatio

Gawn Grainger

Ross

Alan Rickman

Tybalt

Charles Keating

Duke of Aumerle

John Quentin

Le Beau

Adrienne Corri

Mistress Overdone

Alan Leith

Sergeant-at-Arms

Jonathan Hyde

Rosencrantz

Nicol Williamson

Macbet

Jacqueline Hill

Lady Capulet

Maynard Williams

Silvius

Ellis Jones

Elbow

Geoffrey Bateman

Guildenstern

Ian Hogg

Banquo

Janet Maw

Queen

Victoria Plucknett

Phebe

John Clegg

Froth

Brian Coburn

Messala

John Bailey

Griffith, Gentleman-Usher

Emrys James

First Player (King)

David Lyon

Angus

Marilyn Le Conte

Audrey

Christopher Northey

Paris

David Troughton

Surveyor

Leonard Preston

Titinius

William Sleigh

Barnardine

Jason Kemp

Second Player (Queen)

Jane Lapotaire

Lady Macbeth

Jeremy Bulloch

Henry Percy

Paul Henry

Peter

Tom McDonnell

Amiens

Neil McCarthy

Abhorson

Alexander Davion

Decius Brutus

Geoffrey Beevers

Third Player (Lucianus)

Gordon Kane

First Messenger

Robin Sachs

Bushy

David Lloyd Meredith

Corin

Roger Davidson

Balthasar

Charles Lloyd Pack

Lord Sandys

Yolande Palfrey

Juliet

Darien Angadi

Cinna

Bill Homewood

Player in the mime, King

Alistair Henderson

Fleance

Damien Thomas

Bagot

John Paul

Montague

Eileen Page

Francisca

Nigel Lambert

Sir Thomas Lovell

Andrew Hilton

Lucilius

Peter Richard

Player in the mime, Queen

Zulema Dene

Lady Montague

Alan Dalton

Green

Kevin Stoney

Escalus

Anthony Dawes

Ligarius

Terence McGinity

Player in the mime, Lucianus

Tony Doyle

Macduff

Timothy Bateson

Sir Oliver Martext

Esmond Knight

Old Capulet

Adam Bareham

Sir Henry Guildford

Roger Bizley

Metellus

Godfrey Jackman

Friar Thomas

Peter Burroughs

Player

Tom Bowles

Donalblain

David Prowse

Charles

David Sibley

Sampson

John Flint

Lord Willoughby

Alan Tucker

First Gentleman

Manning Wilson

Cicero

Jeffrey Daunton

Servant

Stuart Fell

Player

Will Leighton

Old Man

John Moulder-Brown

Hymen

Jack Carr

Gregory

John Cater

1st Gentleman

John Abbott

Second Gentleman

Ian Charleson

Fortinbras

Eamon Boland

Seyton

Paul Bentall

Jaques de Boys

Bunny Reed

Abraham

Jeremy Kemp

Duke of Norfolk

Patrick Marley

Artemidorus

David Browning

A Justice

Barry Lowe

First Murderer

Vernon Dobtcheff

Apothecary

John Barcroft

Earl of Salisbury

Peter Tullo

Palace Lord

William Simons

Trebonius

Jack McKenzie

Sir Nicholas Vaux

Geoffrey Cousins

Servant

Peter Benson

Second Gravedigger

Christopher Reich

Second Murderer

John Savident

Friar John

David Garfield

Welsh Captain

David King Lassman

Pageboy

Paul Humpoletz

Marcellus

Denyse Alexander

Gentlewoman

Danny Schiller

Musician

Desmond Adams

Sir Pierce of Exton

Peter Vaughan

Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

Philip York

Young Cato

Tony Friel

First Gaoler

Niall Padden

Bernardo

Jill Baker

Lady Macduff

Jeremy Young

1st Watch

Max Harvey

Duke Senior's Lord

Christopher Good

Clitus

Sylvia Coleridge

Old Lady, Anne Bullen's friend

Harry Jones

Second Gaoler

Christopher Baines

Francisco

Crispin Mair

Son to Macduff

Chris Sullivan

Dennis

Jeffrey Chiswick

2nd Watch

Robert Oates

Pindarus

Michael Gaunt

Crier

John Sarbutt

First Arresting Officer

Philip Dunbar

Murderer

Bruno Barnabe

Abbot of Westminster

Gary Taylor

Potpan

Paul Phoenix

Page

David Rintoul

Lord Abergavenny

Alan Thompson

1st Citizen

Nicholas Tudor

Second Arresting Officer

Rodney Cardiff

Murderer

Mark Arden

Page

Jonathan Adams

Gardener

Barry Holden

Page

Leo Dolan

2nd Citizen

Peter Gale

Osric

Mark Lindsay Chapman

Murderer

Robert Burbage

Page

Johnny Wade

1st Soldier

Emma Kirkby

Singer

Raymond Mason

Reynaldo

John Woodnutt

Doctor

John Curless

Lord Fitzwater

Alan Bowerman

1st Citizen

Sally Home

Patience

Dan Meaden

Norwegian Captain

Matthew Long

Menteith

Terry Wright

Murderer

Jonathan Scott-Taylor

Lucius

Oliver Cotton

Earl of Surrey

Iain Blair

Sailor

Peter Porteous

Caithness

Ronald Fernee

Servant

Tom Kelly

Antony's Servant

Michael Walker

Messenger

William Abney

Old Siward

John Rhys-Davies

Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V

Jack Elliott

Messenger

Christopher Fulford

Second Messenger

Timothy Barker

Page to Gardiner

Michael Cogan

Caesar's Servant

Nicholas Coppin

Young Siward

Phillada Sewell

Queen's Lady

Brian Osborne

Door-keeper of the Council Chamber

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

Clive Swift

Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

David Bailie

Second Carrier

Frances Cuka

Doll Tearsheet

Anna Quayle

Alice

Robert Eddison

Justice Robert Shallow

Thorley Walters

Charles the Sixth, King of France

John Cairney

Archibald, Earl of Douglas

Jenny Laird

Lady Northumberland

Michael Miller

Lord Mowbray

Sharon Morgan

Lady Mortimer

John Abineri

Bishop of Ely

Ralph Michael

Lord Chief Justice

Richard Bebb

Lord Hastings

Keith Drinkel

Lewis, the Dauphin

Robert Morris

Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March

Trevor Baxter

Archbishop of Canterbury

John Bryans

Duke of Bourbon

Robert Harris

Duke of Burgundy

Leslie French

Justice Silence

Robert Ashby

Earl of Salisbury

David Rowlands

Sir Thomas Grey

George Winter

Servant to Hotspur

Terence Wilton

Sir Richard Vernon

Neville Barber

Sheriff

Roy Herrick

Simon Shadow

Michael Heath

First Messenger

David Pinner

Williams

Jocelyne Boisseau

Katherine, Daughter to Charles and Isabel

Roger Elliott

Peter Bullcalf

Ian Price

Lord Scroop

Ronald Chenery

Messenger

George Howe

Sir Thomas Erpingham

Alan Brown

Governor of Harfleur

Graham Pountney

French Soldier

Julian Battersby

Ralph Mouldy

Malcolm Hughes

Second Messenger

John Saunders

Duke of Orléans

David Strong

Travers

Douglas Milvain

Chamberlain

Colin Dunn

Messenger

Raymond Platt

Davy, Servant to Shallow

Pamela Ruddock

Isabel, Queen of France

Michael McKevitt

Jamy

Norman Rutherford

Sir Michael

Salvin Stewart

Sir John Colville

Simon Broad

Herald

Derek Hollis

Duke of York

Frederick Proud

Fang, Sheriff's Officer

Sinéad Cusack

Olivia

Danny Webb

Servant

Felicity Kendal

Viola

Robert Hardy

Sir Toby Belch

Robert Lindsay

Fabian

Annette Crosbie

Maria

Trevor Peacock

Feste

Maurice Roëves

Antonio

Ronnie Stevens

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Michael Thomas

Sebastian

Michael Ryan

Curio

Andrew MacLachlan

First Officer

Richardson Morgan

Sea Captain

Clive Arrindell

Orsino

Peter Holt

Second Officer

Peter Richards

Queen in the Mime

Malcolm Reynolds

Valentine

Jean Channon

Waiting Woman

Zoë Wanamaker

ACTOR

Michael Byrne

Antonio

Tony Haygarth

Lance

Andrew Burt

Third Outlaw

John Hudson

Valentine

Paul Daneman

Duke

Nicholas Kaby

Speed

Ron Cook

ACTOR

Silvia

Joanne Pearce

Bella

Crab

Julia

Tessa Peake-Jones

Joss Ackland

Menenius

Patrick Godfrey

Cominius

Alan Howard

Coriolanus

Irene Worth

Volumnia

Valentine Dyall

Adrian

Joanna McCallum

Virgilia

John Burgess

Sicinius

Mike Gwilym

Aufidius

Heather Canning

Valeria

Anthony Pedley

Brutus

Andrew Sachs

Trinculo

Christopher Guard

Ferdinand

David Dixon

Ariel

Pippa Guard

Miranda

Alan Rowe

Sebastian

Edwin Brown

Master

Kenneth Gilbert

Boatswain

Christopher Bramwell

Adrian

Paul Greenhalgh

Francisco

Gwyneth Lloyd

Juno

Judith Rees

Iris

Elizabeth Gardner

Ceres