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King John
(1899) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson and Walter Pfeffer Dando
Cast: Herbert Beerbohm Tree [King John], Dora Senior [Prince Henry], F.M. Paget [Robert Bigot], James Fisher [Earl of Pembroke].
[?] British Mutoscope Company, Limited, or British Mutoscope & Biograph Company? production; distributed by [?] British Mutoscope & Biograph Company? / From the play The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare. Cinematography by W.K.L. Dickson. / Released September 1899. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / [?] Gifford-British n. 00226 lists the cast members and characters as follows: Herbert Beerbohm Tree [King John], Julia Neilson [Constance], Lewis Walker [Phillip], Norman McKinnel [Lymoges].
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: King John writhes on his throne, attended by a concerned Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke and Robert Bigot.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive (the BFI print may have been provided by the Eye Film Instituut Nederland).
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Royalty: Kings
Listing updated: 7 October 2008.
References: Film viewing : Gifford-British n. 00226; O’Leary-Silent p. ?.
Home video: DVD.
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