Henry V

Synopsis: A video recording of Shakespeare Globe Theatre’s production of Henry V with an all-male, multi-racial cast of 15. Mark Rylance is Henry.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 1997

Director

Richard Olivier

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Philip Pickett

Production Design

Jenny Tiramani

Cast

Mark Rylance	King Henry V
John McEnery	Archbishop of Canterbury
Toby Cockerell	Katherine
Christian Camargo	Dauphin
Ben Walden	Montjoy
Ben Walden	Bardolph
Ben Walden	Alice
Bill Stewart	Earl of Westmoreland
Bill Stewart	Nim
Christian Camargo	Queen Isabel
Christian Camargo	Sir Thomas Grey
Craig Pinder	Lord Rambures
Craig Pinder	Macmorris
Craig Pinder	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
David Fielder	Fluellen
David Fielder	French soldier (Le Fer)
David Lear	Duke of Gloucester
John McEnery	Governor of Harfleur
John McEnery	Pistol
Matthew Scurfield	Duke of Exeter
Nick Fletcher	Duke of Bedford
Nick Fletcher	Jamy
Rory Edwards	Duke of Orleans
Steven Skybell	Constable of France
Steven Skybell	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Toby Cockerell	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Vincent Brimble	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Vincent Brimble	Gower
William Russell	King Charles VI of France
William Russell	Sir Thomas Erpingham
William Russell	Bishop of Ely

Theatre: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Theatre company: Red Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Elizabethan
Plays: Henry V
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting; All-male casts; Doubling of roles
Related items: Henry V at the Globe

Notes: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.
General: The jig at the end of the production is based on Will Kemp’s jig with modern lyrics by the company.
History: The production ran 14 June-21 September 1997, press night June 4 in the Festival of Firsts season.
Reviews: Research Bulletin (No. 2, March 1998). Includes textual cuts, director’s notes, actor’s comments on preview and rehearsal notes. (http://shakespeares-globe.org). Accessed 6/2009.

British Universities Film & Video Council