Cast:Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay, Tom Hiddleston, Sophie Okonedo, James Laurenson, Tom Sturridge, Julie Walters, Alun Armstrong, Will Attenborough, Conrad Asquith, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Daniels, Alan David, Adrian Dunbar, Ian Conningham, James Fleet, Phoebe Fox, David Dawson, Drew Dillon, Michelle Dockery, Barney Harris, Henry Faber, Keeley Hawes, Stuart McQuarrie, John Heffernan, Ben Miles, Matthew Needham, Jeremy Irons
Synopsis
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. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the fourteenth century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption, family conflict, and betrayal.
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