Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 | The Madnani Theater

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King Henry IV's reign has not been going well. In the decade since she took the throne from her cousin, the powerful Percy family--led by the charismatic warrior Henry Hotspur Percy--have been stirring the seeds of rebellion. Her conscience is plagued by the murder of her predecessor, King Richard II. Worst of all her son and heir, Prince Hal, has disappeared from court, and spends his days in the company of the drunken knight and criminal Sir John Falstaff. As the political pressures mount, and as the threat of civil war looms ever larger, Hal must choose whether or not to accept a royal mantle, and burden, that he never asked for. Shakespeare's kaleidoscopic portrait of a society at the crossroads is brought to visceral, hilarious, and haunting life by the Porters of Hellsgate in a production directed by Margaret Shigeko Starbuck. Performance Dates: 10/30: 7 PM Preview Part 1 11/1: 8 PM Preview Part 1 11/2: 8 PM Part 1 Opening 11/8 7 PM Preview Part 2 11/9: 8 PM Preview Part 2 11/10: 7 PM Part 2 Opening 11/12: 7 PM Part 1 11/15: 8 PM Part 2 11/16: 2 PM Part 1, 8 PM Part 2 11/17: 2 PM Part 1 11/19: 7 PM Part 2 11/22: 8 PM Part 1 11/23: 2 PM Part 1, 8 PM Part 2 11/24: 2 PM Part 1 Closing, 8 PM Part 2 Closing Information Source: The Porters of Hellsgate | eventbrite