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Player Kings

About the Show

A divided 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

Richard Coyle King Henry IV
Raphael Akuwudike Prince John/Second Drawer
Sara Beharrell Hotspur's Servant/Snare/Davy
Samuel Edward-Cook Hotspur/Pistol
James Garnon Worcester/Silence
Alice Hayes Messenger/Carrier
Nigel Lister Northumberland/Francis
Hywel Morgan Sir Walter Blunt
Joseph Mydell Lord Chief Justice
Clare Perkins Mistress Quickly
David Shelley Sheriff/Surrey
Tafline Steen Tearsheet/Lady Percy
Perry Williams Page/Douglas/Thomas

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