Henry IV
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Nov 20, 2003
Closed Jan 18, 2004
3hr. 45min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Lincoln Center Theater presents Shakespeare's Henry IV, in an adaptation by Dakin Matthews which condenses Henry IV Parts I and II into an evening-length work. Jack O'Brien directs a star-studded cast that includes Richard Easton in the title role, Michael Hayden as Prince Hal, Ethan Hawke as Hotspur (Henry Percy), Dana Ivey in the dual roles of Lady Northumberland and Mistress Quickly, Kevin Kline as Falstaff, and Audra McDonald as Lady Percy.
Matthews' adaptation consolidates the action of the two plays into a single evening, which enables audiences to experience the transformation of the play's central character from Prince Hal to King Henry V.
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Strictly in terms of staging, Jack O'Brien's Henry IV, which Dakin Matthews has adapted into one 3¾-hour script from William Shakespeare's two parts, may be the finest presentation we've yet seen at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont auditorium. Although complaints about the unwieldy size of that particular stage have abated in recent years, the problems of shrinking so much space into something manageable have continued. But now director O'Brien -- like the aggressive Prince Hal at Shrewsbury and then at Agincourt, where he becomes Henry V -- has charged into the theater with ideas about how to fill the deep, proscenium-less playing area. (O'Brien has already tested the play at San D[...]