Henry IV

Synopsis: Screen version of the 2014 Donmar production of both of Shakespeare’s plays about Henry IV, restaged with a live audience at a bespoke venue in King’s Cross. An all-female production, presented as if played by inmates of a women’s prison.
Series: Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Year of release: 2018
Transmission details: 17 Jun 2018
Duration: 131 mins

Notes: The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy began in 2012 with an all-female production of Julius Caesar led by Dame Harriet Walter. It was followed by Henry IV in 2014 and The Tempest in 2016.
General: DVD edition released in the UK in May 2019 with 34 minutes of extras.
History: Premiered on BBC iPlayer.

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Notes: Illuminations produces and distributes programmes on arts-related subjects, some of which are made for television and others in conjunction with cultural institutions to accompany specific exhibitions. Many titles are available for sale on DVD, including continuing series on leading contemporary and twentieth century artists and modern architecture, as well as a few programmes on religion, drama, history and ideas.

Shakespeare, "Henry IV". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av78442 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)

Harriet Walter	King Henry IV
Sophie Stanton	Sir John Falstaff
Jade Anouka	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Jackie Clune	Earl of Westmoreland
Jennifer Joseph	Sir Walter Blunt
Karen Dunbar	Bardolph
Leah Harvey	Poins
Martina Laird	Gadshill
Sheila Atim	Lady Percy
Shiloh Coke	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Zainab Hasan	Messenger

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