Created in 1977, the National Theatre is one of Mexico's leading cultural institutions. Under Artistic Director Luis de Tavira, the company stages classics, new Mexican plays and contemporary drama from around the world. This new production of Shakespeare's great dramatisation of madness in the land and mayhem of the pub, is directed by the electrifying young director Hugo Arrevillaga Serrano. Henry IV is an insecure king with rebellion on all sides. Prince Harry, known as Hal, the heir to the throne, disappoints his father with his drinking in taverns and rowdy companions, including the cowardly but entertaining Sir John Falstaff. When the prince must go to war to defeat his rival Hotspur, Hal proves himself as a soldier and a leader, and begins to leave his miscreant friends behind..
Language Note
English subtitles; Transcript in English.
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Credits
Creative Team: Stage Director: Hugo Arrevillana Serrano; Screen Director: Ian Russell; Translated by Alfredo Michel Modenessi; Costume Designer: Mario Marín del Río; Music Composer and Music Director: Juan Ernesto Díaz..
Cast
Cast - Marco Antonio García (King Henry the Fourth, Peto); Constantino Morán (Prince Henry of Wales); Claudio Lafarga (Lord of Westmoreland, Poins, Lord Edmund Mortimer, Sir Richard Vernon, Servant); Oscar Narváez (Bardolph, Earl of Northumberland, Owen Glendower); Enrique Arreola (Lord of Worcester, Traveller 1, Sheriff, Silent Thief); Gabriela Núñez (The hostess ('Mistress Quickly'), Traveller 2, Lady Mortimer, Lady Percy, Messenger); David Calderón (Sir Henry Percy "Hotspur", Francis); Sir John Falstaff: Roberto Soto.
Series
Drama Online Shakespeare's Globe to Globe Festival on Screen 3
