Toheeb Jimoh and Richard Coyle join Ian McKellen in Robert Icke’s PLAYER KINGS
Full casting has been revealed for Player Kings, adapted by Robert Icke from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, which plays at London’s Noel Coward Theatre from 1 April, following previews at the New Wimbledon Theatre and Manchester Opera House.
Joining the previously announced Ian McKellen as Sir John Falstaff are Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso, Romeo and Juliet) as Hal, Richard Coyle (Ink, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore) as King Henry IV, Raphael Akuwudike (Beautiful Thing, Theatre Royal Stratford East) as Prince John/Second Drawer, Sara Beharrell (Ladies Unleashed, Hull Truck) as Hotspur’s Servant/Snare/Davy, Samuel Edward-Cook (Queen Margaret, Manchester Royal Exchange) as Hotspur/Pistol, Geoffrey Freshwater (Albion, Almeida) as Bardolph, James Garnon (Queen Anne, RSC) as Worcester/Silence, Alice Hayes (The Pop Star, The Lowry) as Messenger/Carrier, Henry Jenkinson (Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath) as Harcourt, Nigel Lister (To Kill a Mockingbird, West End) as Northumberland/Francis, Annette McLaughlin (The Box of Delights, RSC) as Warwick, Mark Monero (Is God Is, Royal Court) as Peto, Hywel Morgan (Home, I’m Darling, National Theatre) as Sir Walter Blunt, Joseph Mydell (The Visit, National Theatre) as Lord Chief Justice, Clare Perkins (The Wife of Wilsden, Kilm Theatre/BAM) as Mistress Quickly, Daniel Rabin (The Doctor, West End/New York/UK tour) as Poins, David Semark (The Mousetrap, West End) as Vernon, David Shelley (Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall) as Sheriff/Surrey, Robin Soans (As You Like It, RSC) as Shallow, Tafline Steen (Egyptians, Gulbenkian, Canterbury) as Tearsheet/Lady Percy, and Perry Williams (Maud, The Vaults) as Page/Douglas/Thomas.
A divided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air. Welcome to England.
Hal wasn't born to be king. Only now, it seems, he will be. His father longs for him to leave behind his friends in the taverns of Eastcheap, most notably the infamous John Falstaff. War is on the horizon. But will Hal ever come good?
Adapted and directed by Robert Icke, the production features set and costume design by Hildegard Bechtler, lighting by Lee Curran, sound by Gareth Fry, and casting by Julia Horan CDG.
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