Henry IV, Part 2 (1990, Michael Bogdanov) part 1 of 15

Shakespeare's "King Henry IV, Part 2" from "The War of the Roses" (English Shakespeare Company, UK, 1990) is a direct filming, from the stage, of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington's 7-play sequence based on Shakespeare's history plays.

Earl of Northumberland - Roger Booth
Lord Morton - Sion Probert
Travers - Simon Elliott
Falstaff - Barry Stanton
Falstaff's Page - John Tramper
Lord Chief Justice - Hugh Sullivan

Director Michael Bogdanov

Jane Edwardes (Time Out 15.2.89) wrote of this production:

"Even with a small cast representing vast armies and a set limited to little more than a removable gantry, the moral degradation, callousness, sweaty fear and entirely unheroic nature of war and the ruthless pursuit of power can rarely have been so graphically represented. Contemporary allusions - from the way Joan of Arc is burnt to death by necklacing to the random shooting of enemies in the back - starkly emphasise that casual brutality is not entirely unknown in this century either."

Shakespeare King-Henry-IV 2H4 Barry-Staunton play theatre

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• Shakespeare
• King-Henry-IV
• 2H4
• Falstaff
• Barry-Stanton
• play
• theatre
• English-history

[hummerbum706]

The only "shit" visable here is the feces spewing from your mouth, madviolet -

Excellent acting in all regards - BRAVO!

[madviolet]

Some very shit acting in this.....

[redbarren1]

i would like to thank you very much for all your great work. i have all the set except for this. As the saying goes you complete me.