Henry IV. Part 1

Synopsis: A video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry IV. Part 1. Directed by Michael Attenborough with David Troughton as King Henry and Desmond Barrit as Falstaff.
Series: This England: The Histories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 17 Jun 2000
Duration: 160 mins

Director

Michael Attenborough

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Paddy Cunneen

Production Design

Es Devlin

Costume

Kandis Cook

Cast

David Troughton	King Henry IV
William Houston	Prince Henry (Hal)
Desmond Barrit	Sir John Falstaff
Adam Levy	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Sandra Voe	Mistress Quickly
Alexis Daniel	Lady Mortimer
Arthur Cox	Bardolph
Christopher Saul	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Christopher Saul	Vintner
Clifford Rose	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
David Killick	Sheriff
David Killick	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
David Lyon	Earl of Westmoreland
Dickon Tyrrell	Lord John of Lancaster
Don Gallagher	Sir Walter Blunt
Emma Pallant	Traveller
James Albrecht	Sir Michael
James O’Donnell	Ostler
Joe Renton	Peto
Kenny Bryans	Carrier
Mali Harries	Lady Mortimer
Nancy Carroll	Lady Percy
Robert Portal	Poins
Rowland Davies	Traveller
Rowland Davies	Owen Glendower
Russell Layton	Francis, a Drawer
Russell Layton	Carrier
Sandra Clark (2)	Traveller
William Whymper	Sir Richard Vernon

Notes: A second recording was made 30 September 2000
General: This England: The Histories was a season of Shakespeare’s history plays staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2000-2001. The company staged both of Shakespeare’s tetralogies of history plays so that audiences could see all eight plays over several days. The plays staged were: Richard II, Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, part 1, Henry VI, part 2, Henry VI, part 3, and Richard III. The RSC retained the same actors in the same role, but gave different plays to different directors.
History: Press night 19 April 2000
Reviews: Barrit, Desmond ‘Falstaff in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2’ in Smallwood, Robert (ed). Players of Shakespeare 6 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004). pp128-44.
[Barrit discusses his role as Falstaff in Michael Attenborough’s production].

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