Henry IV. Part I

Synopsis: Video recording of Nicholas Hytner’s 2005 production for the National Theatre with David Bradley as King Henry and Michael Gambon as Falstaff.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 4 Apr 2005

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Mark Thompson

Cast

David Bradley	King Henry IV
Matthew Macfadyen	Prince Henry (Hal)
Michael Gambon	Sir John Falstaff
David Harewood	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Susan Brown	Mistress Quickly
Adrian Scarborough	Poins
Alistair Petrie	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Andrew Westfield	Peto
Daniel Worters	Messenger
Darren Hart	Francis, a Drawer
Elliot Levey	Earl of Westmoreland
Elliot Levey	Carrier
Eve Myles	Lady Mortimer
Harry Peacock	Carrier
Harry Peacock	Sir Richard Vernon
Iain Mitchell	Chamberlain
Iain Mitchell	Sir Walter Blunt
Ian Gelder	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Jeffrey Kissoon	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
John Carlisle	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
Michelle Dockery	Servant to the Percys (Servant)
Naomi Frederick	Lady Percy
Penelope McGhie	Traveller
Robert Blythe	Vintner
Robert Blythe	Owen Glendower
Robert Lister	Sheriff
Robert Lister	Traveller
Roger Sloman	Bardolph
Rupert Ward-Lewis	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Rupert Ward-Lewis	Thomas, Duke of Clarence
Samuel Roukin	Lord John of Lancaster
Thomas Arnold	Gadshill
Thomas Arnold	Sir Michael in the Archbishop’s service
Thomas Arnold	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Tom Marshall	Messenger

Notes: The two parts of the play were also recorded on three cameras by V&A Theatre & Performance Collections, National Video Archive of Performance on 27 August 2005 and may be viewed there by appointment.
General: An episode of the South Bank Show (1 May 2005), catalogued separately, is a fly-on-the-wall documentary on the staging of the production.
History: The production opened 5 April 2005

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