The Hollow Crown (Armchair Theatre)

The Hollow Crown is a 1956 British TV play based on a stage play.

Plot

An exiled king tries to return to his country, now run by communists.

Cast

• Linda Gray as Countess Illona
• Valerie Hanson as Queen Helga
• Peter Illing as Count Janek
• Ronald Lewis as King Mark
• Margaretta Scott as Queen Marya the Queen Mother
• Anatole Smirnoff as Valenski
• Leonard White as Captain Konanyi

Reception

The Evening Standard called it "an excellent play".

"Mr Kershaw should write again for TV," said the Manchester Evening News.

The Daily Telegraph felt "Ronald Lewis saved the plot from bathos."

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