Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
Matheson Lang
Jane Baxter
Athene Seyler
Henry Mollison
Donald Wolfit
Ben Webster
George Merritt
Amy Veness
Sam Livesey
Margaret Halstan
Charles Quatermaine
Allan Jeayes
Gibb McLaughlin
Helen Haye
Moore Marriott
Arthur Goullet
Laurence Hanray
Torin Thatcher