The Hollow Crown
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- Director:Rupert Gould, Richard Eyre, Rupert Ryle-Hodges
- Stars:Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay, Tom Hiddleston, Sophie Okonedo, James Laurenson, Tom Sturridge, Julie Walters, Alun Armstrong, Will Attenborough, Conrad Asquith, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Daniels
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The Hollow Crown
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New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the "Henriad" for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV: Part 1; King Henry IV: Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the fourteenth century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption, family conflict, and betrayal.
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