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The Hollow Crown

2012
Drama/History/War

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Season 2

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3. Richard III
2. Henry VI Part 2
1. Henry VI Part 1

Cast

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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

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Synopsis

New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the "Henriad" for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV: Part 1; King Henry IV: Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the fourteenth century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption, family conflict, and betrayal.

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