Henry IV. Part 1

Synopsis: A modern interpretation by the English Shakespeare Company, recorded at the Grand Theatre, Swansea before a live audience. The seven plays in the ‘Wars of the Roses’ cycle were performed over seven nights, with 28 actors playing nearly 500 roles.
Series: Wars of the Roses, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1991
Duration: 180 mins
Availability: Out of UK Distribution (2005)

Notes: Article in The Guardian 4 May 89 about the filming of the plays. Reviewed by RenÈ Pigeon in Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol 12 No 4 (1994), pp37-40. Reviewed by Brian Morton in Times Educational Supplement (29 Mar 1991), p. 27.

Bulletin, Vol 12 No 4 (1994), pp. 37-40. Article in the TES 29 March, 1991.

Bogdanov, Michael & Michael Pennington, The English Shakespeare Company: The Making of ‘The Wars of the Roses’ (London: Nick Hern Books, 1990).

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Michael Cronin	King Henry IV
Michael Pennington	Prince Henry (Hal)
Barry Stanton	Sir John Falstaff
Andrew Jarvis	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
June Watson	Mistress Quickly
Andrew Jarvis	Gadshill
Ann Penfold	Lady Percy
Charles Dale	Poins
Charles Dale	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Clyde Pollitt	Chamberlain
Clyde Pollitt	Sir Michael
Colin Farrell	Bardolph
Ian Burford	Vintner
John Darrell	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
John Tramper	Francis, a Drawer
Paul Brennan	Peto
Roger Booth	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Sion Probert	Owen Glendower
Stephen Jameson	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March

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