
After halting a duel between warring nobles Bolingbroke and Mowbray, Richard II banishes both men from his kingdom. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption, family conflict and betrayal."-IMDb.
The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The Hollow crown: "New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II King Henry IV, Part 1 King Henry IV, Part 2 King Henry V.
Henry V / by William Shakespeare directed by Thea Sharrock adapted by Ben Power (2 hr., 19 min.). Henry IV / by William Shakespeare adapter and director, Richard Eyre (4 hrs., 1 min., on 2 discs). Richard II / by William Shakespeare adapted by Rupert Goold & Ben Power director, Rupert Goold (2 hr., 28 min.). Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Retrieved 14 July 2012.Macdonald, Alan (Production designer) Whishaw, Ben, 1980.
^ "Did the BBC repeat The Hollow Crown: Henry IV Part 1?". ^ "Information on changes to the BBC One and BBC Two schedule on Saturday 7 July 2012". "Interviews: 'The Hollow Crown' - The directors of BBC2’s upcoming cycle of Shakespeare plays reveal how they rewrote the Histories" Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Time Out London. ^ "Tom Hiddleston Battles in the Snow", Belfast Telegraph, 8 February 2012. "At Home with the Histories", The Telegraph, 16 June 2012, p. "Richard Eyre on the Hollow Crown's Henry IV: from the pub to the battlefield". "Royals in Waiting", Harper's Bazaar, July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. ^ a b "Cast confirmed for BBC Two's cycle of Shakespeare films" (Press release). Henry IV, Part II aired the following Saturday, 14 July. The start time was delayed by an hour because of coverage of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, and the film was subsequently repeated on Sunday, 8 July on BBC4. Henry IV, Part I aired on BBC2 on Saturday, 7 July 2012. Although the battle took place in July, director Richard Eyre said he was delighted by the result: "The grass of the English landscape tends to subvert the violence of battle, so the snow turned the setting into this monochromatic world." Release The Battle of Shrewsbury was filmed in a field near Rickmansworth during a winter snowfall. Caerphilly Castle in Wales was used both for the scenes set at Warkworth Castle and for the meeting with Glendower. Scenes at Henry IV's court in the Palace of Westminster were filmed at Gloucester Cathedral. The films were shot on location and at Ealing Studios in London, where the Boar's Head Tavern set was created. Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II were filmed simultaneously from January to March 2012. Jolyon Coy as Sir Walter Blunt (Part 1). Dominic Rowan as Coleville of the Dale (Part 2). Mark Tandy as Sir Richard Vernon (Part 1). Henry Faber as Prince John of Lancaster. Stephen McCole as Lord Douglas (Part 1). Alex Clatworthy as Lady Mortimer (Part 1). Harry Lloyd as Edmund Mortimer (Part 1).
Geoffrey Palmer as Lord Chief Justice (Part 2).James Laurenson as Earl of Westmoreland.David Hayman as Earl of Worcester (Part 1).
Nicholas Jones as Archbishop of York (Part 2).Niamh Cusack as Countess of Northumberland (Part 2).David Bamber as Robert Shallow (Part 2).Joe Armstrong as Sir Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy (Part 1).Alun Armstrong as Earl of Northumberland.Simon Russell Beale as Sir John Falstaff.