Henry IV, Part I
ISC RADIO SHAKESPEARE LAB
Cast for the Recordings
Facilitated, edited, and with music composed & performed by Ariana Karp, Artistic Director
Zoe Burke as Lady Mortimer
Brittany Chandler as Sir Walter Blunt, 2nd Carrier, Lady Percy, & Hostess
Andrew Codispoti as Westmoreland, Chamberlain, Bardolph, 2nd Traveler, & Vernon
Deborah Davis as Sir John Falstaff
Sam Gilroy as Prince Hal
Lynn Goodwin as King Henry IV
Mitchel Kawash as Douglas, 1st Traveller, Sheriff, Mortimer, Archbishop of York, & Lancaster
Nicholas Koy Santillo as Glendower, Gadshill, Ostler, Francis, Vintner, Sir Michael, & Messenger
Genevieve Simon as Hotspur
Kelly Strandemo as Worcester & Peto
Alexandra Tatarsky as Northumberland, Poins, 1st Carrier, & Servant to Hotspur
“Give me life!”
Tabling: Henry IV, Part I
Links to the discussions that the cast had in preparation for the recordings. You can subscribe to Radio Shakespeare Lab and Tabling: The Podcast on any of your favorite podcasting platforms!
“Yet herein will I imitate the sun,
Who doth permit the base contagious clouds
To smother up his beauty from the world,
That when he please again to be himself,
Being wanted, he may be more wonder’d at”
iReadShakespeare Resources
A wonderful resource and support page for readers and those looking for further information on Shakespeare’s plays.
King Henry 4, Part 1 Readers Page A plethora of resources!
King Henry 4, Part 1 Character Chart Shows which scenes each of the characters appears in and how many lines they have in each scene.
Historical King Henry 4, Part 1 Gives you brief descriptions of each of the historical characters
The Radio Play
Originally released on Radio Shakespeare Lab, March 5 — March 23 2021. Each track is a scene from King Henry IV, Part I, voiced by actors from across the US and Canada and includes sound effects and original music. The act and scene breaks are based on the 1623 Folio.
“That being daily swallowed by men’s eyes,
They surfeited with honey, and began to loathe
The taste of sweetness, whereof a little
More than a little, is by much too much.”
The First Part of Henry the Fourth
Reader’s Edition • Edited and designed by Dr. Robin Williams
Robin Williams established the ISC Press to develop and create the Readers’ Editions of the plays, the only edition in the world that is specifically designed and edited for readers in a Shakespeare reading group.