Henry IV. Part 1

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1982 production of Henry IV, parts 1 and 2. Directed by Trevor Nunn with Gerard Murphy as Prince Henry, Patrick Stewart as Henry IV and Joss Ackland as Falstaff.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 10 Jan 1982
Duration: 180 mins

Director

Trevor Nunn

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Guy Woolfenden

Production Design

John Napier

Cast

Patrick Stewart	King Henry IV
Gerard Murphy	Prince Henry (Hal)
Joss Ackland	Sir John Falstaff
Timothy Dalton	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Miriam Karlin	Mistress Quickly
Bernard Brown	Earl of Westmoreland
Bernard Lloyd	Carrier (1) (Carrier)
Bernard Lloyd	Owen Glendower
Brian Poyser	Chamberlain
Brian Poyser	Warwick
Colin Tarrant	Cutter
Colin Tarrant	Street Actor
Dexter Fletcher	Francis, a Drawer
Elizabeth Rider	Street Actor
Gemma Jones	Lady Mortimer
Graham Turner (1)	Dick
Graham Turner (1)	Street Actor
Griffith Jones	Sheriff
Griffith Jones	Lord Chief Justice
Harriet Walter	Lady Percy
Hugh Quarshie	Sir Richard Vernon
James Fleet	Peto
John Burgess	Carrier (2) (Carrier)
John Burgess	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
John Franklyn-Robbins	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
John McAndrew	Tom
John McAndrew	Street Actor
John Rogan	Bardolph
Ken Robertson	Will
Miles Anderson	Poins
Philip Franks	Sir Michael
Philip Franks	Street Actor
Philip Franks	Prince Humphrey (Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester)
Phillip Walsh	Servant
Phillip Walsh	Street Actor
Phillip Walsh	Ralph
Ray Jewers	Sir Walter Blunt
Robert Eddison	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Ronan Wilmot	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Ronan Wilmot	Vintner
Simon Templeman	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Simon Templeman	Duke of Clarence

General: The first production by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their new Barbican home. In the production recorded by the RSC Hugh Quarshie played Hotspur, taking over from Timothy Dalton early in the run.
History: Press night 9 June 1982.
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: Rich, Frank ‘Henry IV in London’ Special review to The New York Times (June 12 1982).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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