Henry IV - St. Ann's Warehouse

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Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann’s Warehouse present

HENRY IV By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Featuring Harriet Walter AMERICAN PREMIERE NOV 6 – DEC 13, 2015 Tickets Start at $46 Runtime: Approx. 2 hours and 15 minutes with no intermission

This page is for Henry IV as staged during St. Ann’s 2015 season. If you are looking to stream this production at home during our 2020 season, please visit our current season page for the Shakespeare Trilogy on Film. Henry IV streams from OCT 16–22, 2020 and again during the Trilogy Marathon Weekend OCT 30–NOV 1, 2020.

On the heels of the Donmar’s revelatory production of Julius Caesar, which empowered women to play Shakespearean roles normally reserved for men, director Phyllida Lloyd has set a second play, Henry IV, against the backdrop of women in prison. Harriet Walter, “one of the best Shakespeareans alive” (The Guardian), will once again lead a diverse and exciting all-female cast in Shakespeare’s monumental history play which travels to the heart of family, duty and country. St. Ann’s Warehouse is proud to open the Inaugural Season in our new home with this major event, which, with its in-depth outreach and engagement programs, has ignited a cultural and social conversation about gender, equality and aspiration on both sides of the Atlantic.

Young women aged 13-18 in NYC! St. Ann’s Warehouse and Donmar Warehouse challenge you to make your own One Take Shakespeare by recording a 90 second video. Ninety seconds, no props, no special effects – just you, a camera, and the world’s greatest playwright. You can record your speech in your bedroom, in the car, at school or in the park – wherever you want. This is your chance to be the King of Scotland or the Prince of Denmark, a local drunk, a mighty warrior or a hopeless romantic. Even if you have never attempted to say a Shakespeare speech out loud before, give it a try! Watch Kathryn, 17, performing as Mark Antony from JULIUS CAESAR here.

Special Events: Opening Night Party | WED NOV 11 Voices On TalkBack | FRI NOV 13 Following the 7:30 pm performance please join us for an artist talk back. Inside Circle Event | TUES NOV 17 American Express® Card Member TalkBack | TUES NOV 17 Following the 7:30pm performance, please join Actor Harriet Walter, Director Phyllida Lloyd, and St. Ann’s Warehouse Artistic Director Susan Feldman as they discuss their collaboration on the second production in the Donmar Warehouse all-female Shakespearean Trilogy.

This production is generously supported by

piece by piece productions | Marcia Whitaker | Miranda Curtis

Photo: John Spinks

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Back to 2015-2016 rousing all-female cast…seriously entertaining…Ms. [Harriet] Walter was born to play Henry IV…Jade Anouka’s [Hotspur] sheer kinetic youthfulness is irresistible… [Clare] Dunne’s Prince Hal has the fiery radiance of not just a royal heir but also a hedonist high on cocaine… —The New York Times staged with nonstop invention…giddily entertaining —New York Post Critics’ Pick! —Time Out New York …the Falstaff of Sophie Stanton is unusually comic, and then unusually sad, in a way that has nothing to do with her being a woman… —New York Magazine terrific… urgent, mischievous, and subtly layered —The Financial Times roughs up expectations on front after front —The Observer

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