Bringing Shakespeare’s history plays to China ‘very cool’, RSC lead actor says ahead of tour
Playing in front of audiences who don’t know the characters or what’s going to happen next excites Alex Hassell, who plays Henry V in a Royal Shakespeare Company production, one of three of the Bard’s history plays the troupe will stage on a 2016 tour of China, including Hong Kong
Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China this year, presenting the Bard’s history plays about bloodshed, honour and kingship in medieval England to a new and potentially vast audience.
Marking 400 years since William Shakespeare’s death, the prestigious theatre company will take productions of Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II and Henry V to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in February and March. The Hong Kong performances will be part of the city’s Arts Festival, which kicks off on February 19.