Henry IV. Part 2

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: 15 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, later crowned Henry V
Joss Ackland	Sir John Falstaff
Miriam Karlin	Mistress Quickly
Robert Eddison	Robert Shallow
Bernard Brown	Earl of Westmoreland
Brian Poyser	Neville, Earl of Warwick
Brian Poyser	Travers
Colin Tarrant	Peter Bullcalf
David Lloyd Meredith	Silence
David Lloyd Meredith	Bardolph
David Lloyd Meredith	Sir John Coleville
Dexter Fletcher	Drawer
Gary Sharkey	Messenger
Gemma Jones	Doll Tearsheet
Gerard Murphy	Porter
Graham Turner (1)	Davy
Graham Turner (1)	Dick
Griffith Jones	Lord Chief Justice
Harriet Walter	Lady Percy
James Fleet	Peto
James Fleet	Francis Feeble
John Burgess	Scroop, Archbishop of York
John McAndrew	Tom
John McAndrew	Thomas Wart
John McAndrew	Gower
John Rogan	Bardolph
Ken Robertson	Snare
Ken Robertson	Will
Kevin Wallace	Prince John of Lancaster
Mike Gwilym	Pistol
Miles Anderson	Poins
Philip Franks	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Philip Franks	Morton
Philip Franks	Simon Shadow
Phillip Walsh	Ralph Mouldy
Ray Jewers	Norfolk
Robert Eddison	Lady Northumberland
Ronan Wilmot	Fang
Sheila Mitchell	Lady Northumberland
Simon Templeman	Thomas, Duke of Clarence
Vivienne Argent	Mistress Dommelton

General: The first production by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their new Barbican home.
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
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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