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King John
(1899) British
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 & Biograph Company production. / 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 National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute film archive (the BFI print may have been provided by the Nederlands Filmmuseum).

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.