It also leaves us wondering about the role of public broadcasters in telling a nation's story.
That they aired it in the same year as the London Olympics and at the same time as Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations were underway says something about the way Shakespeare is still regarded by his cultural descendants. 1 TV-14 Decem47 min 7. We talked about the first tetralogy - 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III - but today we're diving into the second tetralogy, the famed Henriad, comprising Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V which were the subject of the first cycle of The Hollow Crown back in 2012.įeaturing an all-star cast and a massive budget, The Hollow Crown is a masterful retelling of Shakespeare's famous Henriad. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the recent BBC adaptations of Shakespeare's historical tetralogies in their acclaimed series The Hollow Crown.
One of the best parts of approaching the Shakespearean plays as we have - that is, in a roughly chronological manner - is that we’ve seen the growth of Shakespeare as a writer. Meanwhile, the second series is based on Shakespeares first tetralogy: Henry VI: Part 1, Henry VI: Part 2, Henry VI: Part 3 and Richard III.
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