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
Credits
- Director
- Ed Hall
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Simon Slater
- Production Design
- Michael Pavelka
- Contributor
- Billy Bragg
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Henry V
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- 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
Production Company
- 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
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Henry V". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66329 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)