David William
Acting
Biography
David William (24 June 1926 — 28 July 2010) was an English actor, known for The Spread of the Eagle (1963), Androcles and the Lion (1960) and The Desperate People (1963).
Known For
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
Festival

A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.
An Age of Kings

Famous photographer Larry Martin receives a visit from his brother Philip, on leave from military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find the wife of a deceased friend and his search takes him to Dublin. Sometime later, Larry learns that Philip never went to Dublin, but instead has disappeared.
The Desperate People
An incompetently managed zoo becomes a metaphor for the state of Britain as a nuclear crisis looms over Europe.
The Old Men at the Zoo

A nine-part serial adaptation featuring dramatisations of three of William Shakespeare's iconic plays: Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony & Cleopatra.
The Spread of the Eagle
A Christian slave pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act.
Androcles and the Lion
A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints.