Henry V

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1997 touring production of Henry V. Directed by Ron Daniels with Michael Sheen as Henry.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 17 Sep 1997
Duration: 180 mins

Director

Ron Daniels

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Colin Towns

Production Design

Ashley Martin-Davis

Cast

Michael Sheen	King Henry V
Norman Rodway	Chorus
Norman Rodway	Archbishop of Canterbury
Karine Adrover	Katherine
Tristan Gemmill	Dauphin
Alan David	Bishop of Ely
Alan David	Fluellen
Alan Gilchrist	John Bates
Alan Gilchrist	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
Alan Perrin	Bardolph
Benny Young	Constable of France
Campbell Morrison	Pistol
Dona Croll	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Donna Croll	Alice
Geoffrey Whitehead	King Charles VI of France
John Macaulay	Jamy
John Macaulay	Alexander Court
Jon Fenner	Duke of Bedford
Nicholas Boulton	Duke of Orleans
Nicholas Day	Duke of Exeter
Nina Sosanya	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Norman Rodway	Governor of Harfleur
Norman Rodway	Duke of Burgundy
Peter Lindford	Montjoy
Peter Lindford	Henry, Lord Scroop of Masham
Roger Morlidge	Michael Williams
Roger Morlidge	Macmorris
Roger Morlidge	Sir Thomas Grey
Stephen Bent	Gower
Stephen Bent	Earl of Westmoreland
Stephen Casey	Monsieur le Fer (French soldier (Le Fer))
Stephen Casey	Nim
Steven Atholl	Duke of Gloucester

General: `Daniels dresses up the English warriors in a mix of First World War garb and contemporary flak-jacket chic’. Roger Foss, What’s On (12 November.1997).
History: Press night 11 September 1997
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Billington, Michael The Guardian (13 September 1997).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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