Acting
Ron Cook's simmering Richard Plantagenet steals every scene.
Direction
Howell's bare-stage staging makes the violence intimate and brutal.
Production
BBC's toy castle aesthetic that's somehow perfect.
Director
Jane Howell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This BBC production used the same cast across all three Henry VI plays shot back-to-back, creating genuine on-screen exhaustion by Part 3.
Jane Howell's decision to use child actors as the tower princes in later plays was inspired by watching her young cast grow into their roles over months of filming.
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