BBC's An Age of Kings now on DVD
April 6, 2009 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Henry IV part one, Henry V, Histories, Judi Dench, Richard II, Richard III, Spinoffs
J. Hoberman of the NYT has published an article on the DVD release of the historia An Age of Kings program, based on Shakespeare’s History plays, first broadcast in 1961 and starring such (now) famous actors as Judi Dench and Sean Connery as (!) Hotspur.
Says Hoberman:
A 15-part chronicle that drew upon “Richard II,” the two-part [...]
