Date/Time
Date(s) - 23 Mar 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location
Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne

Open Captioned Performance on Saturday, 23 March 2013 at 1pm

When booking tickets, please request seats with a view of the caption screens.

Booking Details: artscentremelbourne.com.au

Bell Shakespeare presents

‘Henry 4’

King Henry IV risked everything for the crown. But his son doesn’t seem to share the same ambition.

Instead, he’d rather hang around with petty criminals and lowlife drunkards. But when the King’s former supporters stage a rebellion against him, we’re drawn into a sprawling tale of adventure, ambition and political intrigue.

John Bell directs this new production and stars as Shakespeare’s greatest comic creation, Falstaff. Lord of misrule, life of the party, corrupter of youth. And his Australian take on English history, with its monarchy, class system and civil unrest teeters on the edge of anarchy.

This age-old story of a rebellious son and a domineering father is bursting with dramatic tension interspersed with riotous, bawdy comedy, music and violence set to recapture the boisterous atmosphere of Shakespeare’s Globe for a modern audience.

By William Shakespeare
Adapted By John Bell
Director John Bell With Damien Ryan
Designer Stephen Curtis
Lighting Designer Matt Scott
Composer Kelly Ryall
Fight Director Scott Witt
Text Captain Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Director John Bell With Damien Ryan
Designer Stephen Curtis
Lighting Designer Matt Scott
Composer Kelly Ryall
Fight Director Scott Witt
Text Captain Tony Llewellyn-Jones