Player Kings

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

A divided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air. Welcome to England. Hal wasn't born to be king. Only now, it seems, he will be. His father longs for him to leave behind his friends in the taverns of Eastcheap, most notably the infamous John Falstaff. War is on the horizon. But will Hal ever come good? Bringing together Shakespeare's two great history plays (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2) into the theatrical event of the season

Cast/Performers

Ian McKellen (Falstaff), Toheeb Jimoh (Hal), Richard Coyle (King Henry IV), Raphael Akuwudike (Prince John / Second Drawer), Sara Beharrell (Hotspur's Servant / Snare / Davy), Samuel Edward-Cook (Hotspur / Pistol), Geoffrey Freshwater (Bardolph), James Garnon (Worcester / Silence), Alice Hayes (Messenger / Carrier), Henry Jenkinson (Harcourt), Nigel Lister (Northumberland / Francis), Annette McLaughlin (Warwick), Mark Monero (Peto), Hywel Morgan (Sir Walter Blunt), Joseph Mydell (Lord Chief Justice), Clare Perkins (Mistress Quickly), Daniel Rabin (Poins), David Semark (Vernon), David Shelley (Sheriff / Surrey), Robin Soans (Shallow), Tafline Steen (Tearsheet / Lady Percy), Perry Williams (Page / Douglas / Thomas)

Creatives/Company

Adapted by: Robert Icke
Author: Shakespeare
Director(s): Robert Icke, Julia Horan (casting director), Kev McCurdy (fight director)
Design: Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting: Lee Curran
Sound: Gareth Fry