Henry VI: Part 1: The War Against France

Details

After the premature coronation of the baby Henry VI, France, led by Joan of Arc, exploits the fierce power-squabbles in England and battles to reclaim the French lands lost to Henry V.

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Asbury (Somerset), Keith bartlett (Talbot), Hannah Barrie (Fiend), Antony Bunsee (Keeper), Richard Cordery (Humphrey), Matt Constain (Burgundy), Julius D'Silva (Sir William Lucy), Keith Dunphy (Young Clifford), Wela Frasier (Gunner's Boy), Geoffrey Freshwater (Winchester), Paul Hamilton (Alexander Eden), Alexia Healy (Fiend), Kieran Hill (Mayor's Officer), Tom Hodgkins (Bedford), Chuk Iwuji (Henry VI), John Mackay (Dauphin), Forbes Masson (Alencon), Chris McGill (Sir William Stafford), Patrice Naiambana (Warwick), Ann Ogbomo (Fiend), Miles Richardson (Exeter), Lex Shrapnel (John Talbot), Jonathan Slinger (Bastard of Orleans), Katy Stephens (Joan), Geoffery Streatfeild (Suffolk), James Tucker (Reignier), Roger Watkins (Edmund Mortimer), Clive Wood (Richard Plantaganet)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Michael Boyd, Richard Twyman (associate director), Terry King (fight), Liz Ranken (movement)
Design: Tom Piper
Lighting: Heather Carson
Sound: Andrea J Cox
Music: John Woolf