Henry VI. Part 2

Synopsis: A video recording, using two cameras (upstage and downstage), of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry VI, Part 2. Directed by Michael Boyd with David Oyelowo as King Henry.
Series: This England: The Histories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 6 Jan 2001
Duration: 184 mins

Director

Michael Boyd

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

James Jones

Production Design

Tom Piper

Cast

David Oyelowo	King Henry VI
Fiona Bell	Queen Margaret
Aidan McArdle	Richard (Crookback), son of Duke of York
Richard Cordery	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Richard Dillane	Duke of Suffolk (William de la Pole)
Aislin McGuckin	Attendant (Servant)
Aislin McGuckin	Margery Jourdain
Andrew Lewis	Alexander Iden
Chris Ettridge	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Clive Wood	Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York
David Beames	Duke of Buckingham
Deidra Morris	Eleanor Cobham (Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester)
Edward Clayton	Dick the Butcher
Edward Clayton	Keeper
Elaine Pyke	Attendant (Servant)
Gavin Marshall	Thomas Horner
Geff Francis	Earl of Warwick
Geoffrey Streatfeild	Young Clifford
Jake Nightingale	Jack Cade
James Tucker	Peter (Peter Thump)
Jerome Willis	Earl of Salisbury
Jerome Willis	Lord Saye
John Kane	Sir John Stanley
John Kane	Old Lord Clifford
Keith Bartlett	Ghost of Talbot
Neil Madden	Keeper’s assistant
Neil Madden	Michael
Nicholas Asbury	Duke of Somerset
Philip Brook	Simon Simpcox
Rashan Stone
Rashan Stone	Smith the Weaver
Robert Barton	William Stafford (Stafford’s brother)
Sam Troughton	Ghost of John Talbot
Sarah D’Arcy	Attendant (Servant)
Sarah D’Arcy	Simpcox’s wife
Tom Beard	Edward, Earl of March
Tom Beard	Holland (Rebel)

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.
Figures: Press night 13 December 2000
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: Ajlouny, Joseph S. Shakespeare Bulletin 19, no. 2 2001, p15-16 (review article).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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