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Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 27, 2012

Runtime

2h 47m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, History, War

User Score

100%

Original Title

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Production Companies

Shakespeare's Globe

Director

Dominic Dromgoole

Description

Prince Hal, son of King Henry IV, seems to be squandering his life away with the fat knight Sir John Falstaff and the whores, boozers and petty rogues of Eastcheap. But beside these scenes of glorious misrule gathers a nationwide rebellion led by the Duke of Northumberland and his charismatic son, Hotspur. The first installment of Shakespeare's gripping account of the rise of Hal from idle barfly to monarch-in-waiting combines compelling power politics with the hilarious antics of Falstaff, Shakespeare's greatest comic creation.