Rebellion from the North

Synopsis: Third episode in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British royalty from 1377 to 1485. This episode covers Henry IV, Part 1, Acts I and II.
Series: Age of Kings, An
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Transmission details: 26 May 1960 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC)
Duration: 75 mins

Director

Michael Hayes

Producer

Writer

Music

Art Direction

Contributor

Arthur Bliss; Eric Crozier; Lionel Salter

Cast

Tom Fleming	King Henry IV
Robert Hardy	Prince Henry (Hal)
Frank Pettingell	Sir John Falstaff
Sean Connery	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Angela Baddeley	Mistress Quickly
Alan Rowe
Anthony Valentine
Brian Smith	Poins
David Andrews
Edgar Wreford
Frank Windsor	Sir Walter Blunt
Geoffrey Bayldon	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
George A. Cooper	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Gordon Gostelow	Bardolph
Jeremy Bisley
Jerome Willis	Carrier
John Greenwood
John Ringham	Vintner
Julian Glover	Earl of Westmoreland
Kenneth Farrington	Gadshill
Leon Shepperdson
Michael Graham Cox	Carrier
Patricia Heneghan	Lady Percy
Patrick Garland	Lord John of Lancaster
Robert Lang	Sheriff
Terence Lodge	Peto
Terry Scully
Timothy Harley	Francis, a Drawer

Notes: Commercially available on DVD as part of a 5-disc box set from BBC Warner (released March 2009). A written transcript of the series is being held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
General: As Michael Brooke notes, this production was "the most conceptually ambitious Shakespeare project ever attempted for either film or television." Each episode involved expenses of £4.000 and a cast of 600. The rehearsal period took thirty weeks.
History: Transmitted in the US on PBS’ WNEW-TV channel 24 January 1961.
Awards: Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Excellence in Directing (Peter Dews)

1962 The George Foster Peabody Award
Textual information: Script editor Michael Cozier cut the texts into 60 -75 minute episodes which, for the most part, comprised half a complete play.
Reviews: Michael Brooke, "Age of Kings, An (1960)", http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/527213/index.html

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