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Shakespeare's Globe: Henry IV, Part 1 (Video 2010) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Watch Dominic Dromgoole’s celebrated production of Henry IV Part 1 on-demand with Globe Player, featuring Jamie Parker as Prince Hal and an Olivier Award-winning performance from Roger Allam as Falstaff.
Shakespeare's Globe: Henry IV, Part 1: Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Robin Lough. With Roger Allam, Jason Baughan, Patrick Brennan, Daon Broni.
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- Drama
- Dominic Dromgoole, Robin Lough
- 2010
- King Henry IV
- Prince Harry
- Hotspur
- Sir John Falstaff
- Lord John of Lancaster
- Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
- Lady Percy
- Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
- Owen Glendower
- Archibald, Earl of Douglas
The ruling king of England. Henry is not especially old, but at the time the play opens, he has been worn down prematurely by worries. He nurses guilty feelings about having won his throne through a civil war that deposed the former king, Richard II. In addition, his reign has not brought an end to the internal strife in England, which erupts into ...
King Henry IV’s son, who is currently the Prince of Wales, but who will eventually become King Henry V. He is also sometimes called Harry Monmouth, but his friends call him Hal. Though Harry spends all his time hanging around highwaymen, robbers, and prostitutes, he has secret plans to transform himself into a noble prince, and his regal qualities ...
The son and heir of the Earl of Northumberland and the nephew of the Earl of Worcester. Hotspur’s real name is Henry Percy (he is also called Harry or Percy), but he has earned his nickname from his fierceness in battle and hastiness of action. Hotspur is a member of the powerful Percy family of the North, which helped bring King Henry IV to power ...
A fat man between the ages of about fifty and sixty who hangs around in taverns on the wrong side of London and makes his living as a thief, highwayman, and mooch. Falstaff is Prince Harry’s closest friend and seems to act as a sort of mentor, instructing him in the practices of criminals and vagabonds. He is the only one who can match Harry’s quic...
The younger son of King Henry and the younger brother of Prince Harry. John proves himself wise and valiant in battle, despite his youth.
Hotspur’s father. Northumberland conspires and raises troops on the Percy side, but he claims that he is sick before the Battle of Shrewsbury and does not actually bring his troops into the fray.
Hotspur’s wife. When she demands to know what he is planning, Hotspur tells her that he does not love her and that women cannot be trusted.
The Welsh rebel Owen Glendower’s son-in-law. Mortimer is a conflation of two separate historical figures: Mortimer and the Earl of March. For Shakespeare’s purposes, Mortimer matters because he had a strong claim to the throne of England before King Henry overthrew the previous king, Richard II.
The leader of the Welsh rebels and the father of Lady Mortimer, sometimes spelled “Owain Glyndwr.” Glendower joins with the Percys in their insurrection against King Henry. Well-read, educated in England, and very capable in battle, he is also steeped in the traditional lore of Wales and claims to be able to command great magic. He is mysterious an...
The leader of the large army of Scottish rebels against King Henry. Often called “the Douglas” (a traditional way of referring to a Scottish clan chief), the deadly and fearless Douglas fights on the side of the Percys.
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King Henry IV is the Bullingbrook of Richard II. Never forgetting his own usurpation of the throne from Richard II, he cannot help but notice similarities between the state of affairs at the time and the one he finds himself in now. Read more …
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Hotspur is preparing to lead an army against the King – incensed at the King’s dismissal of the Percy family’s demands. But Hal is occupied in the pubs and streets of Eastcheap with his companion Sir John Falstaff, uninterested in his inheritance and in the fate of his country.
