Henry IV Part 2 includes some of the greatest moments in Shakespeare: the deathbed scene of the old King, when Hal contemplates the crown; the reunion of Falstaff (Roger Allam) with his old boon companion, Justice Shallow; and Hal's devastating rejection of Falstaff himself.
Henry IV Part 2 is the second instalment of Shakespeare's account of the rise of Prince Hal. Hotspur is dead and Prince Hal has proved his mettle on the battlefield, but Henry IV lies dying and the rebels, though scattered, show no sign of declaring their allegiance to the Crown. Even Falstaff is forced out of the taverns to raise a scratch militia in the country. But will his attachment to the rising Hal be rewarded with promotion and the life of ease he feels sure he deserves? Henry IV Part 2 will employ Renaissance staging and costume.
Henry IV Part 2
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| Venue | Shakespeare's Globe (click for full venue information) |
General
| Genres | Shakespeare |
| Begins previews | 03 July 2010 |
| Opening | 14 July 2010 |
| Closing / Booking until | 03 October 2010 |
| Production website | http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/theatre/annualtheatreseason/henryivpart2/ |
| Prices from | £5.00 |
| To | £35.00 |
Cast & Creatives
- Author/Writer William Shakespeare
- Music by Claire van Kampen
- Director Dominic Dromgoole
- Featuring Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, William Gaunt, Oliver Cotton, Christopher Godwin, Sean Kearns, Paul Rider, Jade Williams
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Seizes the opportunities for gross-out bawdy humour with lusty relish
| Rating: | 4.0 |
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| Review | e there longueurs? A few. Jamie Parker is altogether too stolid as Prince Hal. The ensemble effort is palpable, though, and there are a host of first-rate performances besides Allam’s that answer the detailed, affectionate texture of Shakespeare’s wide-ranging portraiture: Barbara Marten brings subtle pathos to Mistress Quickly, Jade Williams is a persuasively grubby Doll Tearsheet, while William Gaunt and Christopher Godwin – spot-on as those doddery, distracted country justices Shallow and Silence – are worth the price of admission alone. |
| Written by | Dominic Cavendish |
| Full review | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7894128/Henry-IV-Part-Two-Shakespeares-Globe-London-review.html |
Terrific sport
| Rating: | 4.0 |
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Small bands of Asbo pigeons now work Shakespeare's Globe during the interval. Hooded and hobbling they hop about the seating, coveting crumbs of junk food and jealously protecting their patch. But they are as nothing to the glorious gallery of reprobates unleashed by Dominic Dromgoole's production of Shakespeare's twin history plays. And they are crowned by Roger Allam, who makes one of the best Falstaffs in recent memory. |
| Written by | Patrick Marmion |
| Full review | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1295056/Henry-IV-The-misspent-youth-Prince-Harry.html |
Glorious
| Rating: | 4.0 |
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| Review | Allam speaks the role as beautifully as any actor in memory, including the late Robert Stephens. He's more knightly than Stephens, less mountainously corrupt. But he's not really all that fat, or gross; he's less a Manningtree ox than a beadier, longer-haired version of Christopher Hitchens. |
| Written by | Michael Coveney |
| Full review | http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/henry-iv-parts-1-and-2-shakespeares-globe-london-2027756.html |
Largely pointless
| Rating: | 2.0 |
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Part Two, already a lugubrious and largely pointless retread of its predecessor, suffers from lengthy periods without Parker. After the interminably tedious wittering of those old fools Shallow and Silence, it snaps into focus belatedly for Henry’s deathbed reconciliation with Hal and then the young King’s chillingly clinical renunciation of his surrogate father, Falstaff. I’d cut and paste the last half hour of Two onto the end of One and be done with it. And I’d offer Parker the role of Hamlet for next season. |
| Written by | Fiona Mountford |
| Full review | http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23856506-too-much-of-a-good-thing-from-henry-iv.do |
A Falstaff to treasure
| Rating: | 4.0 |
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| Review | Roger Allam has a rare convincing confidence in the stout knight’s wit (caught by a vicious downpour at this performance, he digressed momentarily into Lear’s “blow winds, and crack your cheeks” for an extra cheer from the sodden groundlings). But there’s no empty mugging or self-indulgence. He catches every nuance: Sir John is a boozer and a thief, but with edges of depressive self-disgust that make his final crushing rejection in Part Two unbearable. He is a knight amid lowlifes, who thinks that he could “purge, and live cleanly as a nobleman”. His battle cowardice springs from having more imagination than the hot young bloods. When he asks whether honour “can take away the grief of a wound?” Allam’s voice drops in real horror. Disgraceful, beguiling, human: a Falstaff to treasure. |
| Written by | Libby Purves |
| Full review | http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article2645482.ece |
Roger Allam is unsurpassable
| Rating: | 4.0 |
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| Review | Roger Allam’s Falstaff is the focal point of both parts. Never will you hear the role more beautifully or more nimbly spoken. But like most recent Falstaffs - Robert Stephens and David Warner included - there’s little grossness about him. He’s hardly fatter than you or I, and with his long dank wig he looks as knightly as any musketeer. |
| Written by | Michael Coveney |
| Full review | http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831279184526/Henry+IV%3A+Parts+I+%26+II+%28Globe%29.html |
Entertaining and moving
| Rating: | 4.0 |
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| Review | A more reflective show than Part 1 and consequently not quite as much laugh-out-loud fun, but entertaining and moving in its own way, Allam is just superb as Falstaff making it worth sitting (or standing) through any kind of weather. Together, these make a grand theatrical experience, rich in comedy, pathos and verve. Not without its flaws for sure, but then what is, and despite what some people may say, you should see Part 1 before you see Part 2. |
| Written by | Ian Foster |
| Full review | http://oughttobeclowns.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-henry-iv-part-2-shakespeares.html |
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