Newsreel | All The World’s A Stage
Henry IV Part I
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Touring Company, led by Anthony Quayle, are to appear in New Zealand and Australia. This newsreel includes the closing scene from Henry IV Part 1.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Factual, Plays
- Channel: BBC TV
- Duration: 13'41''
- Broadcast date: 1952
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
An Age of Kings | Henry IV
Part Three of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the first part of Henry IV. Henry Bolingbroke, deposed the rightful King Richard II, and ascended the throne as Henry IV. Richard was later murdered. Henry in remorse, vows a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
An Age of Kings | 4: Henry IV: The Road to Shrewsbury
Part Four of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the second part of Henry IV. The Percy family, Henry IV's chief allies in deposing and murdering Richard II, now plot to overthrow the King. The King's army, marches westward to encounter the rebels.