Saw Henry IV Part I at the National Theatre last night, really enjoyed it. The staging was excellent, Michael Gambon was a fantastic Falstaff, and the rest of the cast were very good. I’ll have to wait a month to see Part II, and will have been in Turkey inbetween so I’ll have to remind myself of who is who and doing what to whom.
Also turns out this Henry is the one with all the schoolboy insults, which was an added bonus.
It’s hot in London! Summer may actually have arrived. I’m off to Greenwich today for Sara’s hen’s day, then back in Covent Garden/Soho tonight with Ernest and Evil Jo.