Henry VI. Part 1

Synopsis: A video recording, using two cameras (upstage and downstage), of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry VI, Part 1. Directed by Michael Boyd with David Oyelowo as King Henry.
Series: This England: The Histories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 6 Jan 2001
Duration: 166 mins

Director

Michael Boyd

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

James Jones

Production Design

Tom Piper

Cast

David Oyelowo	King Henry VI
Clive Wood	Richard Plantagenet, later Duke of York
Richard Cordery	Duke of Gloucester
Sam Troughton	Sir John Talbot, later Earl of Shrewsbury
Fiona Bell	Joan la Pucelle
Aidan McArdle	Charles, Dauphin of France
Aislin McGuckin	Countess of Auvergne
Andrew Lewis	Alexander Eden
Chris Ettridge	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
David Beames	Duke of Bedford
Edward Clayton	Keeper (Jailer)
Elaine Pyke	Fiend
Gavin Marshall	Mayor’s officer (Officer)
Geff Francis	Earl of Warwick
Geoffrey Streatfeild	Vernon
Jake Nightingale	Bastard of Orléans
James Tucker	Sir William Lucy
Jerome Willis	Edmund Mortimer
John Kane	Duke of Exeter
Neil Madden	Keeper’s assistant
Nicholas Asbury	Duke of Somerset
Philip Brook	Duke of Burgundy
Rashan Stone	Reignier, Duke of Anjou
Richard Dillane	Duke of Suffolk (William de la Pole)
Robert Barton	Sir Thomas Gargrave
Sarah D’Arcy	Fiend
Tom Beard	Duke of Alençon

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.
Figures: Press night 13 December 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: Ajlouny, Joseph S. Shakespeare Bulletin 19, no. 2 2001, p15-16 (review article).

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