The Story of English (1986) | Full Cast

Vivian Ducat

DIRECTOR

William Cran

DIRECTOR

Howard Reid

DIRECTOR

John Pett

DIRECTOR

Peter Dale

DIRECTOR

Robert MacNeil

WRITER

Robert McCrum

WRITER

Robert MacNeil

Self - Presenter

Alistair Cooke

Self - Writer and Broadcaster

Michael Hordern

Bible Readings

Christopher Page

Self - Old English Reader

Penny Downie

Self - Self

Seamus Heaney

Self - Poet

Janie Hunter

Self - Speaker of Gullah English

The Medieval Players

Self - Actors in 'Mankind'

Richard Bebb

Self - Chaucer Reader

Mary Tamm

Self - Chaucer Reader

John Barton

Self - Royal Shakespeare Director

Peter Hall

Self - Director of National Theatre

William Safire

Self - New York Times

Moon Unit Zappa

Self

Garry Hynes

Self - Director, 'The Playboy of the Western World'

David Norris

Self - Joyce Scholar, Trinity College, Dublin

Hubert Devonish

Self - Creole Linguist

Tom Ammiano

Self - Gay Stand-Up Comedian

Gloria Steinem

Self - Editor, Ms Magazine

Leo Rosten

Self - Writer and Yiddish Historian

Wilson Goode

Self - Mayor of Philadelphia

Clifford Arbon

Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker

Seamus Deane

Self - Writer

Tom Shippey

Self - Scholar of Middle and Old English Literature

Kathy Lette

Self - Author

Carl Rosendahl

Self - Computer Animator