Lincoln Center Festival lead support is provided by American Express July 7 –19 Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College Druid Theatre Company DruidShakespeare: The History Plays By William Shakespeare, adapted by Mark O’Rowe DruidShakespeare: Part 1 Richard II; and Henry IV, Part I (Approximately 3 hours 25 minutes, including one intermission) July 7, 9, 14, 16 DruidShakespeare: Part 2 Henry IV, Part II; and Henry V (Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes, including one intermission) July 8, 10, 15, 17 Marathon Parts 1 and 2 in a single day (Approximately 6 hours 55 minutes, including three intermissions) July 11, 12, 18, 19 Director Garry Hynes Sound Design Gregory Clarke Associate Director, Design Francis O’Connor Music Conor Linehan Associate Director, Movement David Bolger Dramaturg Thomas Conway Co-Costume Designer Doreen McKenna Voice Coach Andrew Wade Lighting Design James F. Ingalls Fight Director Donal O’Farrell Major support for Lincoln Center Festival 2015 is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Lincoln Center Festival 2015 presentation of DruidShakespeare: The History Plays is made possible in part by generous support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Jennie and Richard DeScherer. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center Festival 2015 is made possible in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Druid Theatre Company’s visit to Lincoln Center Festival is made possible with the support of Culture Ireland. DruidShakespeare is co-produced by Lincoln Center Festival; Druid Theatre Company; and National University of Ireland, Galway. Audio description for Part 1 on July 14 and Part 2 on July 17. 15 LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2015 DRUIDSHAKESPEARE DruidShakespeare: Part 1 Richard II King Richard II Marty Rea John of Gaunt, Glendower, Bishop of Carlisle, Gardener Bosco Hogan Aumerle Gavin Drea Bagot Rory Nolan Bolingbroke Derbhle Crotty Mowbray, Worcester, Exton Aaron Monaghan Scroop Karen McCartney York John Olohan Queen Isabel Charlotte McCurry Hotspur Garrett Lombard Northumberland Marie Mullen Servant to the Gardener, Keeper Clare Barrett Approximate performance time: 1 hour 35 minutes, followed by a brief intermission Henry IV, Part I King Henry IV Derbhle Crotty Westmoreland Bosco Hogan Falstaff Rory Nolan Poins, Vernon Gavin Drea Northumberland, the Lord Chief Justice Marie Mullen Worcester Aaron Monaghan Hotspur Garrett Lombard Bardolph Clare Barrett Mistress Quickly, Douglas John Olohan John of Lancaster Karen McCartney Francois Marty Rea Hal Aisling O’Sullivan Blunt, Peto Charlotte McCurry Approximate performance time: 1 hour 30 minutes Approximate performance time of Part 1: 3 hours 25 minutes, including one intermission During a Marathon performance, Henry IV, Part I will be followed by an intermission. For complete Marathon Timings, turn to page 26. For descriptions and full titles of the characters, see Who’s Who in DruidShakespeare on pages 22 and 23. 16 LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2015 DRUIDSHAKESPEARE Synopses Richard II Two combatants, Bolingbroke and Mowbray, come before King Richard II to beg leave to duel. At first, Richard urges them to make peace. When diplomacy fails, he takes advice from his favorite administrator, Bagot, and then decrees the exile of Bolingbroke for ten years, and of Mowbray for life. Richard declares his intention to leave for Ireland and exacts new taxes to fund his “Irish wars.” He receives a stern rebuke from his uncle (Bolingbroke’s father), John of Gaunt; then, turning on Gaunt, hears forewarning of his deposition. With news of Gaunt’s death, Richard confiscates Gaunt’s estate. Nobles and commoners alike rally to Bolingbroke, newly arrived on English soil. Dis inherited, he now has leverage to break the terms of his exile. The Percys—comprising Northumber - land, his brother, Worcester, and his son, Hotspur—are especially active on Bolingbroke’s behalf, executing Bagot, negotiating the return of Bolingbroke’s lands, arresting Richard and stage-managing events wherein Richard cedes the crown to Bolingbroke. No sooner crowned, King Henry IV reflects on his greatest security challenges: the still- living Richard and his wayward son and heir, the Prince of Wales. An ambitious courtier, Sir Piers Exton, interprets Henry to desire Richard’s death. Upon presenting Richard’s body to the court, Exton is banished for life. Henry desires to lead a crusade to the Holy Land; it might, in addition to everything else, help to pacify England. It is not in his power, however, to curb the excesses of his son. Henry IV, Part I King Henry IV, while awaiting a response to his request for funding for his crusade, receives reports of rebellions at home. His son, meanwhile, plots a robbery on a London highway as a way of playing a trick on the disreputable knight, Falstaff. Henry IV clashes with the Percys, demanding the hostages they secured when fighting rebellions on the king’s behalf. The Percys choose rather to ally themselves with the rebels than surrender their hostages to the king. Prince Hal exploits Falstaff’s robbing of travelers by disguising himself and robbing Falstaff of his booty in turn. Later intercepting Falstaff at a tavern, he tolerates Falstaff’s inflated account, and then shows his hand. News of the Percy rebellion reaches the tavern; Hal rehearses the confrontation he expects with his father, with Falstaff standing in for the king. The Lord Chief Justice begs admission to search for Falstaff but, while Hal guaran - tees return of the money, he prevents his searching further. King Henry IV upbraids Hal for the same sins of reckless behavior that saw Richard lose the crown. Hal promises to show his reformation in the battle with the Percys. The king’s anger subsides and he gives Hal command of a battalion. The Scottish rebel, Douglas, kills successive noblemen disguised as the king, but the king himself survives. When Hal kills Hotspur, Falstaff feigns death. Hal is spooked to dis - cover Falstaff carrying Hotspur’s body from the battlefield. Hal decides to go along with Falstaff’s lie that he made the fatal incision. 17 LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2015 DRUIDSHAKESPEARE DruidShakespeare: Part 2 Henry IV, Part II Northumberland, the Lord Chief Justice, Silence Marie Mullen Poins, Gloucester Gavin Drea Falstaff Rory Nolan Boy, John of Lancaster Karen McCartney Doll Tearsheet, Clarence Charlotte McCurry Francois Marty Rea Bardolph Clare Barrett Hal/King Henry V Aisling O’Sullivan Mistress Quickly, Warwick John Olohan Pistol Aaron Monaghan Shallow Bosco Hogan King Henry IV Derbhle Crotty Bullcalf Garrett Lombard Approximate performance time: 1 hour, followed by a brief intermission Henry V Chorus, Pistol, Dauphin Aaron Monaghan King Henry V Aisling O’Sullivan Exeter Marie Mullen Westmoreland, Charles VI Bosco Hogan Archbishop of Canterbury, Constable of France Marty Rea Fluellen, Grandpré Garrett Lombard Nym, Monsieur Le Fer Charlotte McCurry Bardolph Clare Barrett Mistress Quickly, Governor of Harfleur John Olohan Boy, Bates, Salisbury Karen McCartney Cambridge, Gower, Orleans Rory Nolan Gloucester, Rambures, Williams Gavin Drea Montjoy Derbhle Crotty Approximate performance time: 1 hour 25 minutes Approximate performance time of DruidShakespeare: Part 2: 2 hours 45 minutes, including one intermission For descriptions and full titles of the characters, see Who’s Who in DruidShakespeare on pages 22 and 23. 18 LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2015 DRUIDSHAKESPEARE Synopses Henry IV, Part II King Henry IV cannot sleep and shows signs of illness. Prince Hal confesses to his com - panion, Poins, his sadness before his father’s failing health. Hal spies on Falstaff while disguised as a barman. He sees a prostitute dote on Falstaff. He hears Falstaff squabble with the tavern’s hostess, Mistress Quickly, and mock him and Poins for laddish exploits. Falstaff, under pressure from Hal, then cuts down the very people who maintain his world. Attending at the king’s side, Hal believes him to have died. He berates the crown resting beside the king for causing his early death. He then tries it on. The king wakes, distressed to see his crown removed. Discovering Hal to be the culprit, he demands they be left alone. He bemoans the misrule that will prevail on Hal’s succes - sion. Hal returns the crown with utmost respect. The king, appeased, advises Hal to pur - sue a foreign war to ensure unity at home. He asks to be returned to the “Jerusalem Chamber,” the room where he first took ill, believing it to be the place (and not Jerusalem in the Holy Land) where it is foretold he will die. King Henry V, the last to leave his father’s deathbed, singles out the Lord Chief Justice for jailing him some time previously. The Lord Chief Justice, offering no apology, can’t but think his life is forfeit; defying expectation, the new king appoints him as his chief advisor. The new king banishes Falstaff from his person. Falstaff, disbelieving, waits alone in the street for a summons to court. Henry V King Henry V hears that his claim to the French crown coming through the female line is legitimate. He receives a gift of tennis balls from the French court. He returns a message that amounts to a declaration of war. Associates of Falstaff, Pistol, and Nym lock swords over gambling debts and broken be - trothals, while Bardolph threatens them both in an attempt to make peace. The king’s first act of aggression on French soil, a siege on the coastal town of Harfleur, meets with little resistance. Henry sanctions the execution of Bardolph—whom he knows from his days with Falstaff—for stealing from a church. The French king seeks punitive reparations through his ambassador, Montjoy.