National Theatre Live: Henry V by William Shakespeare
Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 3pm
A production from DONMAR
directed by Max Webster
Running time: 3 hours, including a 20-minute interval
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King of France /
Archbishop of Canterbury /
Sir Thomas Erpingham
Jude Akuwudike
Jamy / Grey / Gloucester /
Tenor
Seumas Begg
Bardolph / Bates /
French Soldier
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Exeter /
Constable of France
Kate Duchêne
Henry
Kit Harington
The Dauphin / Ely
Olivier Huband
Mistress Quickly /
Williams / Macmorris
Melissa Johns
Mountjoy / Nym
David Judge
Pistol / Westmoreland
Danny Kirrane
Katherine / Gower
Anoushka Lucas
Orléans / Bedford /
Bass Baritone
Adam Maxey
Llewellyn / Falstaff
Steven Meo
Alice / Cambridge / Salisbury /
Mezzo Soprano
Marienella Phillips
Scroop/Rambures/ Harfleur/
York/Soprano
Joanna Song
Chorus / Boy
Millicent Wong
Understudy
Gethin Alderman
Understudy
Thomas Dennis
Understudy
Diany Samba-Bandz
For this performance the roles of Katherine / Gower are played by Diany Samba-Bandza
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Director: Max Webster
Designer: Fly Davis
Lighting Designer: Lee Curran
Sound Designer: Carolyn Downing
Movement Director: Benoit Swan Pouffer
Video Designer: Andrzej Goulding
Music: Andrew T Mackay
Casting Director: Anna Cooper CDG
Production Manager: Anthony Newton
Costume Supervisor: Lisa Aitken
Military Consultant: Tom Leigh
Fight Director: Kate Waters
Props Supervisor: Lizzie Frankl for Propworks
Voice Coach: Barbara Houseman
Dialect Coach: Fabien Enjalric
Dialect Coach: Majella Hurley
Director for Screen: Rhodri Huw
Technical Producer: Christopher C. Bretnall
Lighting Director: Carol Sadler
Sound Supervisor: Conrad Fletcher
Script Supervisor: Stephanie Rose
During the rehearsal process, the Henry V company worked alongside former Royal Marines Commando Tom Leigh. In this excerpt from the Henry V program, he discusses his role on the production.
My role has been to advise the entire creative process, from costume to directing to sound in order to ensure that the production reflects authentic military life. Using my experience as an ex - Royal Marines Commando, I can give more context to the production and offer suggestions on how characters talk, fight and even think.
I have also worked alongside our Movement Director, Benoit Swan Pouffer, on mixing the military world with the dance world within the battle sequences, which has been incredibly interesting. We have mixed free flowing dance movement with violent movements which can be quite shocking. This creates a beautiful but also quite horrifying picture that I think reflects the reality of conflict.
I’ve been giving the actors lots of information about the journey you go on through a conflict, the kind of things you’ll see and what that does to a person. Having undergone therapy, I am now capable of analyzing why you might feel certain emotions during and after conflict, which I think will make for some very interesting scenes.
The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, led by Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch. The Donmar is the home of legendary performance, experienced up close. In our converted Covent Garden warehouse, we bring together audiences – never more than four rows away from an actor – to experience world-class artists and rising stars create thrilling, unmissable theatre. From a nineteenth century hop warehouse to today’s award-winning theatre, our history is as exciting and varied as the work we present on our stage.
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