Henry IV. Part 1

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1991 production of Henry IV. Part 1. Directed by Adrian Noble with Robert Stephens as Falstaff and Michael Maloney as Prince Henry.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 10 Jan 1992
Duration: 180 mins

Director

Adrian Noble

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Edward Gregson

Production Design

Bob Crowley

Costume

Deirdre Clancy

Cast

Julian Glover	King Henry IV
Michael Maloney	Prince Henry (Hal)
Robert Stephens	Sir John Falstaff
Owen Teale	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Linda Bassett	Mistress Quickly
Angus Wright	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Angus Wright	Traveller
Anthony Douse	Sir Walter Blunt
Bernard Kay	Carrier (1) (Carrier)
Bernard Kay	Owen Glendower
Bill Wallis	Bardolph
Christopher Luscombe	Francis, a Drawer
Clifford Rose	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
David Clark	Water bearer (Carrier)
David Terence	Gower
David Terence	Vintner
Denys Hawthorne	Sheriff
Denys Hawthorne	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Gary Powell	Gadshill
Gary Powell	Earl of Westmoreland
Jane Gurnett	Lady Mortimer
Kenn Sabberton	Carrier (2) (Carrier)
Kenn Sabberton	Sir Michael
Kevin Doyle	Tom
Kevin Doyle	Chamberlain
Michael Gould	Thomas, Duke of Clarence
Michael Gould	Dick
Michael Gould	Traveller
Paul Kiernan	Sir Richard Vernon
Paul Kiernan	Morton
Philip Voss	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Richard Handy	Water bearer (Carrier)
Rob Edwards	Poins
Scott Ransome	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Scott Ransome	Peto
Sylvestra Le Touzel	Lady Percy

History: Press night 16 April 1991
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: Billington, Michael The Guardian (London), 1 June 1991 (a review of both parts seen in one day). Billington writes ‘It is, incredibly, 16 years since we saw these twin peaks of Shakespeare’s genius on the main Stratford stage. In Mr Noble’s. fine production they become a deeply moving study of the inter-action between the demanding claims of kingship and the indissoluble ties of kinship’.

Berkowitz, Gerald M. Shakespeare Bulletin 9 no. 4 (1991), pp 8-11 (review article).

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