Cultural depictions of Henry IV of England

Henry IV of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times.

Literature

Almost two hundred years after his death, Henry became the subject of two plays by William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, as well as featuring prominently in Richard II. As the Earl of Derby, he is also a character in Gordon Daviot's play Richard of Bordeaux.

He is also a main character in Sara Douglass's The Crucible Trilogy, a work of historical fiction.

Film

Henry has been portrayed on screen by:

Ian Keith in The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), with Tony Curtis
John Gielgud in Chimes at Midnight (1965), a merger of several Shakespeare plays
Carl Wharton in Henry IV - Part 2 (2012), a film by The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy.

Television

Henry has been portrayed a number of times on television, mainly in versions of Shakespeare's plays. In this context he has been played by:

Clement McCallin in a BBC version of The Tragedy of King Richard II (1950)
Kent Smith in an American version of Richard II (1954)
Tom Fleming in the BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III
Erik Hell in Henrik IV (1964), a Swedish version of Henry IV
Hartmut Reck in König Richard II (1968), a West German version of Richard II
Timothy West in another BBC version of The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)
Sándor Lukács in II. Richárd (1976), a Hungarian version of Richard II
Jon Finch in the BBC Shakespeare version of King Richard the Second (1978) and both parts of Henry IV (1979)
Michael Cronin in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses (1989), which included all of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare Company
Nikolai Lavrov in Richard Vtoroi (1992), a Russian version of Richard II
Ronald Pickup in a BBC film, Henry IV (1995), a version of Henry IV, Part 1
Richard Bremmer in a British TV film, Richard II (1997)
Veit Schubert in another German version of Richard II (2001)
Liam Brennan in another BBC film, Richard II (2003), broadcast live from the Globe Theatre in London
Jeremy Irons in the TV mini-series 'The Hollow Crown' (in the 'Henry IV' episodes) (2012)
Rory Kinnear also played the younger Henry IV (Bolingbroke) in 'The Hollow Crown' (in the 'Richard II' episode) (2012)

Henry has also been played on television by:

Ralph Truman in a BBC adaptation of Richard of Bordeaux (1938)
John Arnatt in another BBC adaptation of Richard of Bordeaux (1955)

Video

Henry was played by Barry Smith in a straight-to-video film adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard the Second (2001).
Paul Shenar played him in an American video Richard II (1982), in an Elizabethan style stage production of the play.

Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs

Kingdom of the English 886–1066	Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Athelstan the Glorious¹ Edmund the Magnificent¹ Eadred¹ Eadwig the Fair¹ Edgar the Peaceable¹ Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Forkbeard Edmund Ironside Cnut¹ Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold Godwinson Edgar the Ætheling

Kingdom of England 1066–1649	William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II² Henry the Young King Richard I John² Henry III² Edward I² Edward II² Edward III² Richard II² Henry IV² Henry V² Henry VI² Edward IV² Edward V² Richard III² Henry VII² Henry VIII² Edward VI² Jane² Mary I² with Philip² Elizabeth I ² James I³ Charles I³

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–1659	Oliver Cromwell⁴ Richard Cromwell⁴

Kingdom of England 1660–1707	Charles II³ James II³ William III and Mary II³ Anne³

Kingdom of Scotland 843–1707 (traditional)	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI ⁵ Charles I⁵ Charles II⁵ James VII⁵ Mary II⁵ William II⁵ Anne⁵

British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707	Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

¹Overlord of Britain. ²Also ruler of Ireland. ³Also ruler of Scotland. ⁴Lord Protector. ⁵Also ruler of England. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.