Henry VI: Part 1: The War Against France
From: Saturday, 19th April 2008
To: Saturday, 24 May 2008
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
After the premature coronation of the baby Henry VI, France, led by Joan of Arc, exploits the fierce power-squabbles in England and battles to reclaim the French lands lost to Henry V.
Our Review:
16 April 2008
It’s often said that these two plays are about fatherhood – about the broken relationship between the King and his son and the comparison between Hal’s relationship with Falstaff and the relationship between Northumberland and Percy.
But what Michael Boyd brings out too is the more human relationship – this is not just about producing an heir to be proud. Clive Wood’s king struggles to acknowledge the love for his son - something that Geoffrey Streatfeild’s equally cold Hal finds tough to reciprocate. David Warner’s Falstaff is a perfect target for Hal’s affections; Warner imbues the old rogue with a warmth and attractiveness that’s often missing – he can’t be too much of a grotesque or he would scarcely inspire such affection in Hal and his followers. What’s missing though is Hal’s eager participation in the dissolute lifestyle: Streatfield gives us plenty of the future Henry V but little of the wild and reckless Hal.
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Cast
Nicholas Asbury (Somerset)
Keith bartlett (Talbot)
Hannah Barrie (Fiend)
Antony Bunsee (Keeper)
Richard Cordery (Humphrey)
Matt Constain (Burgundy)
Julius D'Silva (Sir William Lucy)
Keith Dunphy (Young Clifford)
Wela Frasier (Gunner's Boy)
Geoffrey Freshwater (Winchester)
Paul Hamilton (Alexander Eden)
Alexia Healy (Fiend)
Kieran Hill (Mayor's Officer)
Tom Hodgkins (Bedford)
Chuk Iwuji (Henry VI)
John Mackay (Dauphin)
Forbes Masson (Alencon)
Chris McGill (Sir William Stafford)
Patrice Naiambana (Warwick)
Ann Ogbomo (Fiend)
Miles Richardson (Exeter)
Lex Shrapnel (John Talbot)
Jonathan Slinger (Bastard of Orleans)
Katy Stephens (Joan)
Geoffery Streatfeild (Suffolk)
James Tucker (Reignier)
Roger Watkins (Edmund Mortimer)
Clive Wood (Richard Plantaganet)
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Royal Shakespeare Company (Company)
Michael Boyd (Director)
Tom Piper (Design)
Heather Carson (Lighting)
Andrea J Cox (Sound)
John Woolf (Music)
Richard Twyman (associate director) (Director)
Terry King (fight) (Director)
Liz Ranken (movement) (Director)
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