Henry IV - Part 1

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Episode 2 of 4

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

The heir to the throne, Prince Hal, defies his father, King Henry, by spending his time at Mistress Quickly's tavern in the company of the dissolute Falstaff and his companions. The King is threatened by a rebellion led by Hal's rival, Hotspur, his father Northumberland and his uncle Worcester. In the face of this danger to the state, Prince Hal joins his father to defeat the rebels at the Battle of Shrewsbury and kill Hotspur in single combat.

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Credits

Author
William Shakespeare
Henry IV
Jeremy Irons
Falstaff
Simon Russell Beale
Prince Hal
Tom Hiddleston
Mistress Quickly
Julie Walters
Northumberland
Alun Armstrong
Hotspur
Joe Armstrong
Poins
David Dawson
Kate Percy
Michelle Dockery
Bardolph
Tom Georgeson
Worcester
David Hayman
Westmoreland
James Laurenson
Mortimer
Harry Lloyd
Doll Tearsheet
Maxine Peake
Glendower
Robert Pugh
Lady Mortimer
Alex Clatworthy
Peto
Ian Conningham
Douglas
Stephen McCole
Lancaster
Henry Faber
Vernon
Mark Tandy
Coleville
Dominic Rowan
Blunt
Jolyon Coy
Francis
John Heffernan
Sheriff
John Ashton
Bracy
Conrad Asquith
Hotspur's Servant
Jim Bywater
Director
Richard Eyre
Producer
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Writer
Richard Eyre

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