Henry V (The Hollow Crown) Explained

Series:	The Hollow Crown
Series No:	1
Episode:	4
Director:	Thea Sharrock
Teleplay:	Ben Power Thea Sharrock
Producer:	Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Music:	Adrian Johnston
Photographer:	Michael McDonough
Editor:	John Wilson
Length:	139 minutes
Prev:	Henry IV, Part II
Next:	Henry VI, Part I

"Henry V" is fourth episode of the first series of the British television series The Hollow Crown, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The episode was produced by Rupert Ryle-Hodges, directed by Thea Sharrock and starred Tom Hiddleston as Henry V of England.^[1] It was first broadcast on 21 July 2012 on BBC Two.

Henry V is the fourth play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V.

Plot changes

The episode starts with the funeral of Henry V (which is the start of Henry VI, part 1) over whose obsequies the opening speech from the Chorus is made. After that, the movie begins to speak about Henry V.

Certain scenes from Shakespeare's play are omitted:

• The Southampton Plot and Henry's merciless response.
• The scenes among the ordinary men at the Siege of Harfleur, featuring Fluellen, MacMorris and Jamy.
• The conversations in the French camp on the evening before the battle.
• The slaughter of the young boys guarding the English baggage train at Agincourt.

Cast

• Tom Hiddleston as King Henry V
• Julie Walters as Mistress Nell Quickly
• John Hurt as the Chorus
• Geraldine Chaplin as Alice
• Paul Freeman as Sir Thomas Erpingham
• Tom Georgeson as Bardolph
• Richard Griffiths as Duke of Burgundy
• Paterson Joseph as Edward, Duke of York
• James Laurenson as Earl of Westmorland
• Anton Lesser as Duke of Exeter
• Paul Ritter as Ancient Pistol
• Malcolm Sinclair as Archbishop of Canterbury
• Owen Teale as Captain Fluellen
• Mélanie Thierry as Princess Catherine
• Lambert Wilson as King Charles VI of France
• Edward Akrout as Louis, the Dauphin
• Tom Brooke as Corporal Nym
• Jeremie Covillaut as Montjoy
• Maxime Lefrançois as The Constable of France
• Stanley Weber as Duke of Orleans
• John Dagleish as John Bates
• Gwilym Lee as Williams
• Richard Clothier as Earl of Salisbury
• Nigel Cooke as Bishop of Ely
• George Sargeant as Falstaff's boy
• Simon Russell Beale as Sir John Falstaff (cameo)

Filming Locations

Baron's Hall in Penshurst Place was used as the setting for the French Palace and Squerryes Court doubled as the French battle court field.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Cast confirmed for BBC Two's cycle of Shakespeare films . BBC Drama Publicity . 2011-11-24 . 2012-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120101060938/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/shakespeare-cast.html . 1 January 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Kent Film Office. Kent Film Office Hollow Crown Henry V article.