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Henry IV Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Doomsday is near; die all, die merrily.King Henry faces rebellion from the very nobles who helped him seize the crown. Neither side bears scrutiny, but the insurgents boast the dazzling Hotspur while the sovereign's son and heir gets smashed in the taverns of Eastcheap.
If manhood, good manhood, be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then I am a shotten herring. There lives not three good men unhanged in England, and one of them is fat, and grows old.At the Battle of Shrewsbury, Sir John Falstaff feigns valour, anticipates reward, and dreams gladly of merry England after Henry's death, when Prince Hal will be King.
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Cast credits:
Gloucester/ Sir Michael : Thomas Arnold
Owen Glendower/ Vintner : Robert Blythe
King Henry IV : David Bradley
Mistress Quickly : Susan Brown
Scroop : John Carlisle
Carrier : Michelle Dockery
Lady Percy : Naomi Frederick
Falstaff : Michael Gambon
Worcester : Ian Gelder
Hotspur : David Harewood
Francis : Darren Hart
Northumberland : Jeffery Kissoon
Westmoreland/ 2nd Carrier : Elliot Levey
Sherriff : Robert Lister
Prince Hal : Matthew Macfadyen
Ensemble : Tom Marshall
2nd Traveller : Penelope McGhie
Sir Walter Blunt/ Chamberlain : Iain Mitchell
Lady Mortimer : Eve Myles
1st Carrier/ Vernon : Harry Peacock
Mortimer/ Gadshill : Alistair Petrie
Prince John : Samuel Roukin
Poins : Adrian Scarborough
Bardolph : Roger Sloman
Douglas/ Clarence : Rupert Ward-Lewis
Peto : Andrew Westfield
1st Traveller : Danny Worters
Production credits:
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Mark Thompson
Lighting Designer: Neil Austin
Music / Soundscore: Max Ringham, Ben Ringham & Andrew Rutland
Sound Designer: Paul Groothuis
Fight Director: Terry King
photo (David Bradley, Michael Gambon and Matthew Macfadyen) by Hugo Glendinning
Henry IV Part 1 finished on: 31 August 2005
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