Shakespeare "Henry IV, pt 1" (1979 TV) Falstaff and Hal

first appearance of Falstaff (Anthony Quayle) and Prince Hal (David Gwillim)......Act 1, scene 2 in it's entirety (Arden edition)

Jack Galloway ... Poins

Directed by David Giles

William Shakespeare's "The First Part of King Henry the Fourth" A bestseller in it's day!

D. A. Traversi wrote that Falstaff represents "all the humanity which the politicians, bent on the attainment of success, seem bound to exclude".

as Warwick says "The Prince doth study his companions / Like a strange tongue, wherein to gain the language"




John Lydgate, from his poem "London Lyckpenny":

Then I hyed me into Estchepe;
One cryes 'rybbes of befe and many a pye';
Pewter pots they clattered on a heap;
There was a harp, pype, and minstrelsy.

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• Falstaff
• Quayle
• Gwillim
• Shakespeare
• 1H4

[DollTearSheet]

I loved this production - I also loved this Hal. I think Gwillem is under rated and his performance enhanced my enjoyment and encouraged me to love these fabulous plays. Thanks for this.

[mlleprufrock]

I read somewhere that people thought this Hal wasn't good, but I think he did a fine job.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

I am always astonished how much the Henry IV plays and Henry V do lose by the including of these rascal scenes! Compared to the other historical plays of Shakespeare (like Richard II, the Wars of the Roses plays or King John) they are an unpleasant interruption between the lofty scenes of mighty classes in the state and their epic verses; so Shakespeare should have merged the two parts of Henry IV into one play and cut the scenes with Falstaff’s crew out of Henry V!

[rythmicSLAVE]

gwillim is fabulous....his soliloquy is perfectly executed.....nice

Respect frm mauritius .....

[bass109]

Jesus is lord

[pennilesshippo]

"Motherfucker" at 0:36

[Somemelodiousplot]

This is a great scene, for sure—but the players seemed too eager and exaggerated in their jibes at each other.

I always imagined a more nonchalant and sarcastic attitude for Hal and Falstaff. These two are practically giddy in their banter.

Hal's sililoquy at the end isn't very convincing either. He delivers it as if he's just coming to a sudden determination when its more likely that he'd always imagined himself a better person than his behavior would show.

Thanks for the upload : )

[dirtyjew1974]

thanks alot for the info, i only caught a bit of it when it was on the tv but i really liked it alot, it had a great battle sequence right before i guess henry asked the french lady to marry him and thats one of the parts where they were singing, they were singing on the battlefield. it was a great film from what i could make out and id love to see the whole thing!

[GliGermany]

I think you mean "Henry V" by and with Kenneth Branagh. Google "Non nobis domine" on Youtube: that would be the singing. And it was NOT made for TV: I strongly recommend you watch the whole film and not just" bits and pieces": it's great!

[dirtyjew1974]

im looking for a film, i think it was henry 1V but im not sure. i also think it was made for tv, it starts off with a narrator talking and then goes into the story and at the end the man(henry i assume) marries a french woman(a queen i think or princess). theres also a bit of singing in it but i dont think its a musical. after a major battle the soldiers start singing. i saw bits and pieces of this film on tv and iv been looking everywhere for it but i dont know what it is, can anyone help?

[MadamePickwick]

thanks it reminds me of this ole' tv series. thanks for uploading