Henry IV Part I

Synopsis: The fifteenth in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis. The performance is introduced by Professor Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada) who discusses the themes and characters of the play and where it fits into the Shakespeare history plays.

Cast:
HENRY PERCY "HOTSPUR" - Mark Laverty
HENRY "HAL", PRINCE OF WALES - Seb Yates-Cridland
KING HENRY IV - Andy McLeod
THOMAS PERCY, EARL OF WORCESTER - Gillian Barmes
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF - Jack Baldwin
OWEN GLENDOWER - Leo Atkin
SIR RICHARD VERNON - Sakuntala Ramanee
EDMUND MORTIMER, EARL OF MARCH - Naila Mansour
LADY PERCY - Natalie Ann Boyd
ARCHIBALD, EARL OF DOUGLAS - Julie Martis
SIR WALTER BLUNT - Callum Lloyd
EARL OF WESTMORLAND - Shamiso Mushambi
EDWARD POINS - Duncan Hess
HENRY PERCY, EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Simon Balcon
RICHARD SCROOP, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK - Henry Jenkinson
BARDOLPH - Daniel Cordova
ENSEMBLE - Rhiannon Willans, Jason Blackwater , Philippa Hammond, Sasha Wilson
SWINGS - Danny Adams, Phoebe Elliott
Series: Show Must Go Online, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Video
Transmission details: 24 Jun 2020
Duration: 207 mins

General: A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Name: Robert Myles
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