King Henry's health is failing as a second rebellion against his reign threatens to surface.
Henry IV, Part 2
Theater
royal shakespeare company presents
Henry IV, Part 1
Theater168 min2014PG
With his crown under threat from enemies both foreign and domestic, Henry IV prepares for war. Having deposed the previous king, he is only too aware how tenuous his position is, and the price to be paid if he falters. As his father prepares to defend his crown, Prince Hal is languishing in the taverns and brothels of London, reveling in the company of his friend, the notorious Sir John Falstaff. With the onset of the war, Hal and Falstaff are thrust into the brutal reality of the battlefield, where Hal must confront his responsibilities to family and throne.
Why Watch This
“Sir Antony Sher delivers a definitive performance as Sir John Falstaff, balancing booming comic wit and cowardly bravado with an underlying melancholy and physical decline. At the heart of the production is the complex relationship between Jasper Britton's guilt-ridden King Henry and Alex Hassell's free-spirited Prince Hal, the staging charting Hal's arc from rebellious tavern crawler to calculating future king.”
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