Henry V

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1984 production of Henry V. Directed by Adrian Noble with Kenneth Branagh in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 17 Jan 1985
Duration: 210 mins

Director

Adrian Noble

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Howard Blake

Production Design

Bob Crowley

Cast

Kenneth Branagh	King Henry V
Ian MacDiarmid	Chorus
Harold Innocent	Archbishop of Canterbury
Cecile Paoli	Katherine
Nicholas Woodeston	Dauphin
Adam Bareham	Gower
Andrew Jarvis	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
Andy Readman	Soldier
Arthur Kohn	Sir Thomas Grey
Arthur Kohn	Macmorris
Bernard Horsfall	Pistol
Brian Blessed	Duke of Exeter
Christopher Ravenscroft	Montjoy
Craig Priestley	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
David Phelan	Prince John (Duke of Bedford)
David Taylor (2)	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Derek Crewe	Nim
Dexter Fletcher	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Ian Mackenzie	Duke of Orleans
John Rogan	Bardolph
Jonathan Scott-Taylor	Duke of Gloucester
Malcolm Storry	Michael Williams
Martin Challis	Irvine
Martin Challis	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Martin Challis	Simon
Norman Henry	Sir Thomas Erpingham
Norman Henry	Governor of Harfleur
Patricia Routledge	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Paul Gregory	Earl of Westmoreland
Paul McGreevy	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Peter Miles (2)	Earl of Grandpre
Peter Theedom	John Bates
Peter Theedom	Jamy
Richard Easton	Constable of France
Sarah Woodward	Soldier
Sebastian Shaw	Bishop of Ely
Sebastian Shaw	King Charles VI of France
Sion Probert	Fluellen
Stephen Simms	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Wayne Weatherhead	Boy
Yvonne Coulette	Alice

General: In preparation for his role Kenneth Branagh famously sought an audience with Prince Charles to solicit HRH’s thoughts about the nature of monarchy.

It is not known which young actor played Boy in this recording.
History: Press night 28 March 1984. The production transferred to the Barbican.
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Roger Warren, Shakespeare Quarterly 36 (1985), pp79-87 (review article).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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