About the Show
Ian McKellen – ‘one of the world’s greatest actors’ (Times) – plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.
Adivided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air. Welcome to England.
Hal wasn’t born to be king. Only now, it seems, he will be. His father longs for him to leave behind his friends in the taverns of Eastcheap, most notably the infamous John Falstaff. War is on the horizon. But will Hal ever come good?
Bringing together Shakespeare’s two great history plays (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2) into the theatrical event of the season.
Cast
Ian McKellen
Falstaff
Toheeb Jimoh
Hal
Richard Coyle
King Henry IV
Raphael Akuwudike
Prince John/Second Drawer
Sara Beharrell
Hotspur's Servant/Snare/Davy
Samuel Edward-Cook
Hotspur/Pistol
Geoffrey Freshwater
Bardolph
James Garnon
Worcester/Silence
Alice Hayes
Messenger/Carrier
Henry Jenkinson
Harcourt
Nigel Lister
Northumberland/Francis
Annette McLaughlin
Warwick
Mark Monero
Peto
Hywel Morgan
Sir Walter Blunt
Joseph Mydell
Lord Chief Justice
Clare Perkins
Mistress Quickly
Daniel Rabin
Poins
David Semark
Vernon
David Shelley
Sheriff/Surrey
Robin Soans
Shallow
Tafline Steen
Tearsheet/Lady Percy
Perry Williams
Page/Douglas/Thomas
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