Henry V

Synopsis: The nineteenth 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 Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, focusing on what the play tells us about Henry and the power of the play’s language.

Cast:
KING HENRY V - Ruth Page
CHORUS - Alice Merivale
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY - Keagan Carr Fransch
PISTOL - Mike Perrott
DUKE OF EXETER - Peter Saracen
CONSTABLE OF FRANCE - Lisa Hill-Corley
CHARLES VI - Michael Padgett
THE DAUPHIN - Eleanor Neylon
FLUELLEN - Roanna Lewis
KATHERINE - Alicia Berard
GOWER - Will Gillham
EARL OF WESTMORLAND - Michael Ahomka-Lindsay
BOY - Matthew Khan
ENSEMBLE - Nicholas Halliwell
ENSEMBLE - Mark McMinn
ENSEMBLE - Genevieve Levin
ENSEMBLE - Derekk Ross
ENSEMBLE - Flinn McManus
ENSEMBLE - Constanza Ruff
ENSEMBLE - Nat Kennedy
ENSEMBLE - Caroline Basra
ENSEMBLE - Gareth Balai
ENSEMBLE - Kim Cincotti-Seldon
ENSEMBLE - Margaret Katch
SWING - Alexandra Kataigida
SWING - Duncan Hess
Series: Show Must Go Online, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Video
Transmission details: 22 Jul 2020
Duration: 214 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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