Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Henry IV
2014-07-19 20:00, 2014-07-22 20:00, 2014-07-23 20:00, 2014-07-24 20:00, 2014-07-25 20:00, 2014-07-26 20:00, 2014-07-29 20:00, 2014-07-30 20:00 UTC and 3 more dates
(adapted from Henry IV Parts 1 & 2)
Directed and adapted by Gordon Barr
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”
Henry IV has won the crown from Richard II but his throne faces rebellion and his health is failing. As the King prepares for war, his son Prince Hal is languishing in brothels and taverns in the company of the notorious Sir John Falstaff.
Can Hal face up to the responsibilities required of an heir to the throne? Will he ever be able to live up to his father’s expectations? And when the time comes, will he be able to choose between duty and loyalty to an old friend?
Our “Lesser Spotted Shakespeare” programme continues this year as just 3 actors perform Shakespeare’s great historical drama in the magnificent surroundings of the Kibble Palace and explore what it takes for Hal to eventually become Henry V.

Henry V
2014-07-19 21:45, 2014-07-22 19:45, 2014-07-23 19:45, 2014-07-25 19:45, 2014-07-26 19:45, 2014-07-29 19:45, 2014-07-30 19:45, 2014-07-31 19:45 and 2 more dates
Directed and adapted by Jennifer Dick
“Awake our sleeping sword of war…
We would not seek a battle as we are,
Nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it”
June, 1915. The Great War is not yet one year old. A Glasgow school hosts its annual Gala day and Prize-giving…
You, the family and friends of all our scholars and teachers, are invited to the fete. A variety of entertainments will be on offer, not least our ‘Grand Patriotic Pageant’, in which the whole of our school performs Shakespeare’s great classic; Henry V.
Can our cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? Or may we cram within our wooded O the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt?
These are dark days for our country. But amongst the gathering gloom all the youth of Scotland are on fire.
P.S. Our Headmaster has asked me to remind you that although the Pageant begins at 7.45pm, various other entertainments will be available from 7.15pm onwards.
