Among Shakespeare’s most popular takes on is here now performed with the Marlowe Society with Anthony Jacobs, Corin Redgrave, Paul Scofield and several other very fine actors. The storyplot itself comes after on from that of Shakespeare’s Richard II (also available in this series) and starts with Hotspur’s battle at Homildon against the Douglas past due in 1402 and ends using the defeat from the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403. Within those limitations are numerous familiar styles; having ascended to the throne Henry starts to question the commitment of his friends and amplifies the power of his enemies. But Henry must proceed to quell those that might usurp him….