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Cast
Anton Lesser (Exeter)Simon Russell Beale (Falstaff)Tom Georgeson (Bardolph)John Mackay (Brakenbury)Tom Hiddleston (Prince Hal)Sophie Okonedo (Margaret)James Laurenson (Westmoreland)Tom Sturridge (Henry VI)Julie Walters (Mistress Quickly)Alun Armstrong (Northumberland)Will Attenborough (Gloucester)Conrad Asquith (Bracy)Benedict Cumberbatch (Richard)Ben Daniels (Buckingham)Adrian Dunbar (Plantagenet)Alan David (Bishop of Ely)Ian Conningham (Peto)James Fleet (Hastings)
Creators
William Shakespeare, Richard Eyre, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, Rupert Goold, Thea Sharrock, Ben Power
Synopsis
A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
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