Henry V

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry V. Directed by Ed Hall with William Houston as Henry. Songs written for the production by Billy Bragg.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 7 Oct 2000
Duration: 194 mins

Director

Ed Hall

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Simon Slater

Production Design

Michael Pavelka

Contributor

Billy Bragg

Cast

William Houston	King Henry V
Sam Cox	Archbishop of Canterbury
Catherine Walker	Katherine
Alexis Daniel	Dauphin
Adrian Schiller	Fluellen
Ann Firbank	Alice
Arthur Cox	Bardolph
Christian Mahrie	Duke of Gloucester
Claire Adamson	Messenger
Cox. Sam	Sir Thomas Erpingham
David Acton	King Charles VI of France
David Lyon	Earl of Westmoreland
Gavin Abbott	Gower
Gavin Abbott	Alexander Court
James O’Donnell	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Joe Renton	Duke of Bedford
Joe Renton	Nim
John Bryans	John Bates
Josh Richards	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
Josh Richards	Michael Williams
Keith Dunphy	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Kenny Bryans	Earl of Salisbury
Michael Thomas	Duke of Exeter
Nicholas Khan	Constable of France
Richard Bremmer	Pistol
Russell Layton	Montjoy
Sam Cox	Duke of Burgundy
Sandra Clark (2)	Soldier
Sandra Voe	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Vincent Brimble	Bishop of Ely
Vincent Brimble	Governor of Harfleur
William Buckhurst	Duke of Orleans

General: "This is a modern-dress production, though in Michael Pavelka’s clever and evocative design the piece seems to occupy two different periods: the present, with an all-too-recognisable beer-swigging, boorish lad culture, and the Second World War, a period which revealed the British character at its stubborn, good-humoured best. Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph (4 September 2000).

This was Ed Hall’s first main house production for the RSC.
History: Press night 31 August 2000
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: Edmondson, Paul. Shakespeare Bulletin 19, no. 1 (2001), pp 21-2

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