Henry IV
Opening Night: November 20, 2003
Closing: January 18, 2004
Theater: Vivian Beaumont
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.
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November 21, 2003
CANDLES shine most brightly when it’s dark outside. In Jack O’Brien’s glorious staging of ”Henry IV” for Lincoln Center Theater, a wall of endless night girds the uneasy kingdom of the greatest of Shakespeare’s history plays, and the air is fogged with a constant awareness of death.
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