RSC reveals full Henry V cast joining Alfred Enoch

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the full cast for its production of Henry V.

In what is her first production to be staged in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre since becoming co-artistic director of the RSC, Tamara Harvey will direct. It marks the first time that a female director has been at the helm of Henry V in the history of the company.

As already revealed, Alfred Enoch will star in the title role of the wartime, crusading monarch. He and Harvey previously worked together on Pericles in 2024, and now reunite to tackle the first of Shakespeare’s history plays.

Joining Enoch will be Catrin Aaron (Hostess/Queen Isabel/Governor of Harfleur), Micah Balfour (Exeter), Jamie Ballard (Canterbury/King of France/Williams), Diany Bandza (Scroop/Alice/Rambures), Michael Elcock (The Dauphin), Owain Gwynn (Cambridge/Orleans), Valentine Hanson (Henry IV/Grey/Erpingham), Paul Hunter (Pistol), Hanora Kamen (Ely/Gower), Natalie Kimmerling (Katharine), Sophie McIntosh (Gloucester), Emmanuel Olusanya (Bardolph/Court), Sam Parks (Westmoreland/Bates), Sion Pritchard (Fluellen), Sarah Slimani (Montjoy), Tanvi Virmani (The Girl), Ewan Wardrop (Nym/Constable) and Imogen Wilde (swing).

Harvey said today: “I’m delighted to be directing in our larger theatre for the first time. Henry V has urgent questions to ask about the nature of leadership and the impact of decisions made in the corridors of power, and I can’t wait to explore the play with the exceptional cast we have assembled.

“Henry V was one of the first Shakespeare plays that our Henry, Alfred Enoch, ever saw. It’s a play we both love, so after working together on Pericles in 2024, it felt natural that we should tackle it in a space where so many great actors have played it, albeit never before at the RSC (astonishingly) with a woman director. I feel honoured to be the first.”

The production will also feature two groups of 15 supernumeraries, drawn from the Coventry and Warwickshire area, who will be the watching crowd, soldiers and ghosts.

The creative team includes Lucy Osborne as set and costume designer, Ryan Day as lighting designer, Jamie Salisbury as composer, Claire Windsor as sound designer, Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster as movement director, Kate Waters as fight director and Christopher Worrall as casting director. It is supported by Pragnell as craft and design sponsor.

Henry V will run from 14 March to 25 April in Stratford-upon-Avon.