Corona Cold Reads: Henry IV, Part 1

These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.   We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for […]

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These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them.

But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. For me, there’s nothing quite so comforting and joyful as Shakespeare. Luckily, I know a lot of people who also love Shakespeare- a few old friends from my alma mater’s Shakespeare Society and a few of my favourite Toronto theatre artists, all of whom just so happen to be talented and generous and responsibly socially isolated enough to want to join a nearly 3-hour 19-person Zoom call for the purposes of livestreaming Shakespeare on YouTube.

Check out Henry IV, Part 1 in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page on Saturday and Tuesday nights at 7pm EST to catch our live readings.

A huge thank you to the cast of Henry IV, Part 1:

Troubadours: Gaby Grice & James King

Prince Henry- Scott Garland

King Henry IV- Robert Skanes

Falstaff- Weldon Goree

Poins/Vernon- Laura Hubbard

Earl of Worcester- Jim Hill

Hotspur- James Graham

Chamberlain/Vintner/Glendower- Elizabeth Morriss

Bardolph/Mortimer- Mark Kreder

Peto/Earl of Douglas- Mo Kamaly

Ostler/Lady Percy- Lauren Horejda

Sir Walter Blunt/1st Traveller/ Lancaster- Anne van Leeuwen

Westmoreland- Christopher Prentice

Archbishop of York- Miriam B

Northumberland/Sir Michael- Shalyn McFaul

Gadshill/Francis- Melissa Wright

Mistress Quickly/ 1st Carrier- Nicole Falgoust

Second Carrier/Thieves/Sheriff/Servant/Messenger- Sam Chappell

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