Productions of Henry IV, Parts I and II: 1896. Herbert Beerbohm Tree's company gave 29 performances (May through November) of Henry IV, Part 1 at the Haymarket Theatre (London). Tree played Sir John Falstaff, William Mollison Henry IV, Frank Gillmore Hal, Lewis Waller Hotspur, Mrs. Tree Lady Hotspur, and Kate Phillips and Alice Kingsley Mistress Quickly (Wearing, I, 561-2). 1901. April 15 marked the opening of Frank Benson's festival season at Stratford-upon-Avon. The company presented for the first time at Stratford a cycle of the history plays: King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, Part 2, and Richard III. The company presented five other plays as well, including Much Ado About Nothing (Loney, I, 8). 1909. On May 11 at the Lyceum Theatre Lewis Waller revived Henry IV, Part I, and played Hotspur. Louis Calvert took the part of Falstaff and Minnie Griffith that of Mistress Quickly (Loney, I, 49). 1913. Frank Benson opene 1913. Frank Benson's summer season of Shakespeare's plays opened on August 2 with The Merchant of Venice; other plays performed that season were As You Like It, Hamlet, King John, Richard II, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, and Henry IV, Part 2 (Loney, I, 68). 1914. Frank Benson returned from the United States to direct the Stratford Summer Festival. He opened the four-week festval with Much Ado About Nothing. The company also presented Hamlet, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, and Romeo and Juliet (Loney, I, 73). |
|
Shakespeare's World | Home | Introduction | Players | Plays | Characters | Search | Bibliography