Henry IV. Part 2

Synopsis: A video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry IV. Part 2. Directed by Michael Attenborough with David Troughton as Henry VI and Desmond Barrit as Falstaff.
Series: This England: The Histories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 17 Aug 2000
Duration: 165 mins

Director

Michael Attenborough

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Paddy Cunneen

Production Design

Es Devlin

Costume

Kandis Cook

Cast

David Troughton	King Henry IV
William Houston	Prince Henry, later crowned Henry V
Desmond Barrit	Sir John Falstaff
Sandra Voe	Mistress Quickly
Benjamin Whitrow	Robert Shallow
Arthur Cox	Bardolph
Christopher Saul	Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Christopher Saul	Beadle
Christopher Saul	Vintner
Clifford Rose	Lord Chief Justice
Danielle Tilley	Doll Tearsheet
David Killick	Scroop, Archbishop of York
David Lyon	Earl of Westmoreland
Dickon Tyrrell	Prince John of Lancaster
Don Gallagher	Morton
Don Gallagher	Neville, Earl of Warwick
Emma Pallant	Nell
James Albrecht	Servant
James Albrecht	Thomas, Duke of Clarence
James O’Donnell	Page
Joe Renton	Lord Mowbray
Joe Renton	Snare
Joe Renton	Peto
Kenny Bryans	Beadle
Kenny Bryans	Ralph Mouldy
Nancy Carroll	Lady Percy
Peter Copley	Silence
Richard Bremmer	Pistol
Robert Portal	Poins
Rowland Davies	Lord Hastings
Russell Layton	Peter Bullcalf
Russell Layton	Francis (Drawer)
Russell Layton	Fang
Sandra Clark (2)	Lady Northumberland
William Buckhurst	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
William Buckhurst	Travers
William Whymper	Simon Shadow
William Whymper	Davy
William Whymper	Sir John Coleville

Notes: A second recording was made 30 September 2000
General: This England: The Histories was a season of Shakespeare’s history plays staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2000-2001. The company staged both of Shakespeare’s tetralogies of history plays so that audiences could see all eight plays over several days. The plays staged were: Richard II, Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, part 1, Henry VI, part 2, Henry VI, part 3, and Richard III. The RSC retained the same actors in the same role, but gave different plays to different directors.
History: Press night 29 June 2000
Reviews: Barrit, Desmond ‘Falstaff in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2’ in Smallwood, Robert (ed). Players of Shakespeare 6 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004). pp128-44.
[Barrit discusses his role as Falstaff in Michael Attenborough’s production].

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