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The Story of English (TV Mini Series)
A Muse Of Fire (1986)
Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
John Pett |
Writing Credits
Robert McCrum | ... | (series writer) |
Robert MacNeil | ... | (co-writer) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Robert MacNeil | ... | Self - Presenter | |
Michael Hordern | ... | Self - Self / Prospero / King Lear / Bible Readings | |
Penny Downie | ... | Self - Self / Titania | |
Philip Jackson | ... | Bottom (archive footage) | |
John Barton | ... | Self - Royal Shakespeare Director | |
Alec McCowen | ... | Prologue in 'Henry V' (archive footage) | |
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Stanley Ellis | ... | Self - Linguist (as Professor Stanley Ellis) |
Peter Hall | ... | Self - Director of National Theatre | |
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Jim Baker | ... | Self - Plimoth Plantation Museum |
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Len Travers | ... | Self - Plimoth Plantation Museum |
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Clifford Arbon | ... | Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker |
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Reg Sillock | ... | Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Ron Cook | ... | Richard III (archive footage) | |
Charles Gray | ... | Duke of York (archive footage) | |
Keith Michell | ... | Marc Antony (archive footage) | |
Nicol Williamson | ... | Macbeth (archive footage) |
Produced by
William Cran | ... | producer |
Vivian Ducat | ... | assistant producer |
Howard Reid | ... | assistant producer |
Music by
Stephen Oliver |
Cinematography by
John Goodyer | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
John Lee | ||
Alastair Mitchell | ||
Denise Perrin |
Art Department
Bob Cummins | ... | graphic designer |
Sound Department
Doug Mawson | ... | sound recordist |
Aad Wirtz | ... | dubbing mixer |
Additional Crew
Robert Burchfield | ... | program consultant (as Dr Robert Burchfield) |
Stuart Berg Flexner | ... | program consultant (as Stuart Flexner) |
Hilary Harrison | ... | production assistant |
Randolph Quirk | ... | program consultant (as Prof. Sir Randolph Quirk) |