Shakespeare - Henry VI, part III (1983 TV) Act V, scene v

The young Prince of Wales (Nick Reding) gets killed, and Margaret (Julia Foster) wails.

Brian Protheroe ... Edward IV
Brian Deacon ... Earl of Oxford
Arthur Cox ... Duke of Somerset
Julia Foster ... Queen Margaret
Nick Reding ... Edward, Prince of Wales
Ron Cook ... Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Paul Jesson ... George, Duke of Clarence

Directed by Jane Howell

the same fine cast in all these Henry VI plays, and Richard III.

See the end of Richard III here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpHg1bFcdiA

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[elendil77]

Boy, I wish I was there, and I could speak pice of my mind-"Well, Marge dear , not that I condone this act, but you are hardly the one to pass moral judgments. And I can't feel any sympathy! Besides, Edward is by no means "a child", while Rutland WAS a child. And your son's blood is also on your hands, because you planted that very insolence, pride and sharp tongue that cost gim his life."

This sounds cruel, but if she wants to blame someone, she should blame herself in the first place.

[DTroyan]

Margaret of Anjou finally met her match in young Richard of Gloucester. I like Ron Cook's performance of Richard because he portrays him as a rough, obessesed, violent man (a man with with a chip on his shoulder if there ever was one!) rather than the more elegant, diabolical villain in the mode of Lawrence Olivier's interpretation.

[Nelsonhojax15]

I think Peggy Ashcroft's performance of Margaret is a bit better then Julia Foster's. Foster, while a fine actress, shows no remorse when she tortures York. Ashcroft however, was visibly moved when York talked about the death of his son. Her face/performance showed some realization that she had gone too far with York's torture and then his curses might come back to haunt her, as they do at the end of the play. It makes more sense when she rails against the brothers, who unlike York are childless

[Nelsonhojax15]

I think this scene epitomizes the whole idea of Henry VI part 3, cruel actions executed for revenge that precipitates more cruel actions executed for revenge.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

Could the spineless English government not supply the insidious British Broadcasting Corporation with sufficient money to provide decent costumes and a real medieval background instead of this cheap theatre like production! Though it is better than nothing and since the plays are brilliant and the actors employed at least well the whole York/Wars of the Roses tetralogy is joyful to watch still but done like Henry IV or Richard II it might have been excellent!

[undergroundbasement]

Damneth ! , whatst tongue doeth thy hearest ? Is not this English ? Nay ? I cannot believeth mine ears ! I willst changeth thou youtubeth channel, so mine ears can understandth a better where's else ! lol !

[antoninus138]

That's Towton not Tewksbury which was fought in a snow storm. And where is the next part?

[mlabot]

Beside, Margaret the peace and the deal her husband made the with Yorkists. She reaped the whirlwind but not the results she had expected.

[kakkermachavvy]

It's not bad this, but compared to Bernard Hill's death scene it's like an episode of Shameless.

And Margaret can't be surprised, if some tosser who looked like Harry Potter but trussed up like a dungeons and dragons fan cam eup to me talking poncy shite I'd slit his throat as well.

[elleoneiram]

yeah, she says if you had children you would have remorse, though she had none.