Henry IV. Part 1

Synopsis: Video recording of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival 2006 production of Henry IV. Part 1 directed by Richard Monette with Scott Wentworth as Henry and James Blendick as Falstaff.
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 31 May 2006

Theatre: Tom Patterson Theatre
Theatre company: Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Medieval
Plays: Henry IV Part 1
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival

History: The production ran 31 May-24 September 2006
Reviews: McKeown, R.H. Shakespeare Bulletin 25, no. 1 (2007): 116-17. McKeown writes’... The most striking feature of the production, and presumably the reason for its staging, was Richard Monette’s decision to play the comedy to the hilt. As a director, Monette has a reputation for leaning heavily on comedic elements; his favorite staging device, the sound of a caterwauling cat, made its obligatory appearance. For the most part, the end result was rather like James Blendick’s Falstaff: cuddly, safe, and with a tendency to rely on gags rather than to trust the potential of the dialogue’.

Scott Wentworth	King Henry IV
David Snelgrove	Prince Henry (Hal)
James Blendick	Sir John Falstaff
Adam O’Bryne	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Domini Blythe	Mistress Quickly
Adam Waxman	Sir Michael
Barry MacGregor	Bardolph
Brian Tree	Sir Richard Vernon
Brian Tree	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Gordon S. Miller	Francis, a Drawer
Gordon S. Miller	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Jennifer Mawhinney	Lady Percy
Joseph Shaw	Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
Keith Dinicol	Gadshill
Laura Condlin	Lady Mortimer
Lawrence Haegei	Poins
Raymond O’Neill	Owen Glendower
Roger Shank	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Stephen Kent	Lord John of Lancaster
Steve Cumyn	Sir Walter Blunt
Tim MacDonald	Peto
Tim MacDonald	Earl of Westmoreland