Henry IV

The eminent Shakespearean actor and scholar Dakin Matthews adapts the two parts of Henry IV into one long three-act history play. Matthews also plays the title role, and Elijah Jones is his restless heir, Hal, who falls in with a feckless crowd. The plum role of Hal's principal bad influence, the expansive and mendacious Sir John Falstaff, falls to the reliably marvelous Jay O. Sanders (Uncle Vanya). The cast of 16 also includes James Udom as Henry "Hotspur" Percy—Hal's heated rival for his father's affections—and Cara Ricketts as his wife. Bedlam's Eric Tucker directs for TFANA.