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Sunday Afternoon at the Opera - Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part One
Sunday Afternoon at the Opera host Keith Brown writes:
The recorded plays of William Shakespeare have long figured into the mix of my lyric theater programming. Since this year marks the four hundredth anniversary of the death of the Bard, I feel obligated to include at least one of his plays in the 2016 lyric theater lineup.
The history play Henry IV, Part One (1598) was previously heard on this program on Sunday, December 7, 2003. It was originally broadcast in studio production over the BBC World Service on February 13, 1999. (BBC broadcast its first full length Shakespeare play in 1923.) The audio presentation was directed by Gordon House and stars the father-and-son acting team of Julian Glover as King Henry, opposite son Jamie as Prince Hal. Also starring as Falstaff is Tim West. Henry IV, Part One was issued on two compact discs in the BBC Radio Collection.