{"id":1686,"date":"2012-01-20T15:09:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T20:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:25:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:25:40","slug":"makingofaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers mounts royal Shakespearean epic in rotating repertory"},"content":{"rendered":"

PlayMakers Repertory Company will stage a royal coming-of-age epic, combining William <\/strong>Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cHenry IV, Part 1 and Part 2\u201d and \u201cHenry V\u201d as \u201cThe Making of a King,\u201d to be performed Jan. 28-March 4.<\/p>\n

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In PlayMakers' Henry IV (left to right): Shawn Fagan as Prince Henry (\u201cHal\u201d), Tania Chelnov-Snitow as Davy, Michael Winters as Sir John Falstaff and Nathaniel P. Claridad as Nym.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The professional theater-in-residence in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present the \u201cHenry\u201d plays in rotating repertory as well as several special educational events associated with the production.<\/p>\n

The plays follow young Prince Hal from his unpromising start in bawdy houses and taverns under the tutelage of the larger-than-life Sir John Falstaff to his rise as one of England\u2019s greatest monarchs, King Henry V. The action takes place in palaces and battlefields, from civil war in Britain to battles in the fields of France.<\/p>\n

PlayMakers producing artistic director Joseph Haj will co-direct with Mike Donahue, who helmed this season\u2019s PRC2 second-stage hit \u201cA Number\u201d and worked with Haj on PlayMakers\u2019 \u201cThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.\u201d Actor Michael Winters of TV\u2019s \u201cGilmore Girls,\u201d last seen at PlayMakers in 2004 as King Lear, will play Falstaff. UNC-TV is co-producing sponsor for the production.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese plays, with their exploration of war and its costs, remain as current today as when Shakespeare wrote them over 400 years ago,\u201d Haj said.<\/p>\n

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In PlayMakers' Henry V: (from left): Kelsey Didion as Princess Katherine of France and Shawn Fagan as King Henry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Show times will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Saturdays (except Jan. 28, when there is no matinee performance) and Sundays (except Jan. 29, which is at 7:30 p.m.). The special performance options are:<\/p>\n