RSC Performances

King John

Press night

07.05.1940
Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Cast

Role and name
- Arthur
  
  Bryan, Peggy,
- Messenger
  
  Bullivant, Michael,
- Robert Faulconbridge
  
  Clark, G F Hannam,
- James Gurney
  
  Gadsby, C Rivers,
- Peter of Pomfret
  
  Gadsby, C Rivers,
- Queen Elinor
  
  Harris, Clare,
- Philip Faulconbridge
  
  Holloway, Baliol
- Blanche of Spain
  
  Holme, Thea,
- Hubert de Burgh
  
  Howlett, Stanley,
- James Gurney
  
  Hutchinson, Dennis,
- Prince Henry
  
  Hutchinson, Dennis,
- Robert Faulconbridge
  
  Hutchinson, Dennis,
- Melun
  
  Ingham, Michael,
- Lady Faulconbridge
  
  Jackson, Freda,
- Lewis
  
  Langton, Basil,
- Chatillon
  
  Layne-Smith, Donald,
- Earl of Salisbury
  
  Manship, George,
- Chatillon
  
  Marshall, Robert,
- Cardinal Pandulph
  
  Mattingly, Hedley,
- Melun
  
  Mattingly, Hedley,
- Robert Faulconbridge
  
  Mattingly, Hedley,
- Lord Bigot
  
  Rutherfoord, Edward,
- Constance
  
  Sanderson, Joan,
- King John
  
  Skillan, George
- King Philip
  
  Souper, G Kay,
- Earl of Pembroke
  
  Wheatleigh, Edward,
- Prince Henry
  
  Whitfield, Mary,
- Cardinal Pandulph
  
  Wicksteed, Kenneth,
- Lord Bigot
  
  Wood, George,
- Messenger
  
  Wood, George,
- Lymoges
  
  Wordsworth, Richard,
Creative

Role and name
- Costume Designer
  
  Curtis, Barbara
- Director
  
  Leigh, Andrew
- Director
  
  Payne, B Iden,
- Playwright
  
  Shakespeare, William

At the start of the season Dennis Hutchinson played Prince Henry and James Gurney, Edward Rutherfoord played Lord Bigot, Hedley Mattingley played Robert Faulconbridge and Melun, Kenneth Wicksteed played Cardinal Pandulph and Robert Marshall played Chatillon. Later Dennis Hutchinson and then G F Hannam Clark played Robert Faulconbridge and the other parts were taken by Mary Whitfield, George Wood, C Rivers Gadsby, Michael Bullivant, Hedley Mattingly and Donald Layne-Smith.