Henry VI

Synopsis: Michael Kahn’s distillation of the Henry VI trilogy for the Shakespeare Theatre Company with Philip Goodwin as Henry. Videotaped for WAPAVA by James J. Taylor.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 19 Oct 1996

Director

Michael Kahn

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Adam Wernick

Production Design

Riccardo Hernandez

Costume

Tom Broecker

Contributor

James J. Taylor

Cast

Philip Goodwin	King Henry VI
Ted Van Griethuysen	Duke of Gloucester
Ralph Cosham	Sir John Talbot, later Earl of Shrewsbury
Opal Alladin	Joan la Pucelle
Allen Gilmore	Duke of Buckingham
Allen Gilmore	Sir William Lucy
Andrew Long	Duke of Somerset
Andrew Long	King Louis
C.J. Wilson	Basset
C.J. Wilson	Thomas Horner
Charlton James	Murderer
Clark Scott Carmichael	John, Talbot’s son
Clark Scott Carmichael	Jailer
Clark Scott Carmichael	Post
Craig Wallace	Jack Cade
Craig Wallace	Witch
David Sabin	Mayor of London
Dylan M. McCullough	Bailiff
Edward Baird Wilford	Neighbour
Emery Battis	Old Lord Clifford
Emery Battis	Reignier, Duke of Anjou
Helen Carey	Margaret, daughter of King Reignier
James Lawless	Duke of Exeter
Jarlath Conroy	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Kate Skinner	Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
Mark Heimann	Son that killed his father
Michael Barry (2)	Henry as a boy
Michael Soloman	Young Clifford
Michael Soloman	Prentice
Opal Alladin	Queen Katherine, widow of Henry V
Opal Alladin	Lady Bona
Parker Grant Goodman	Jailer
Parker Grant Goodman	Dick the Butcher
Parker Grant Goodman	Neighbour
Paul Takacs	Neighbour
Peter Gardner	Prentice
Ralph Cosham	Earl of Northumberland
Ralph Cosham	Roger Bolingbroke
Ryan Artzberger	Sir John Hume
Ryan Artzberger	Murderer
Ted Van Griethuysen	Father that killed his son
Wallace Acton	Peter Thump

History: Produced by the Shakespeare Theatre at the Lansburgh, Washington, DC, 17 September-3 November 1996; and at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Summer 1997.
Reviews: Nunns, Stephen. American Theatre 14, no. 3 (1997), pp. 44-47 (interview with Michael Kahn).

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