Henriad

The validity of the term "Henriad", however, is up for debate.

It adapts the four plays in William Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad:

The Shakespeare in Perspective episode which introduced this production was hosted by historian Paul Johnson, who argued that the Henriad very much advanced the Tudor myth.

It is the fourth film in the series of television films called The Hollow Crown produced by Sam Mendes for BBC Two covering the whole of Shakespeare's Henriad.

In summer 2012 BBC Two broadcast a filmed adaptation of this play and others of the Henriad under the series title The Hollow Crown with Ben Whishaw as Richard.

Gad's Hill is where Falstaff commits the robbery that begins Shakespeare's Henriad trilogy (Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V).

Produced and directed by Ronald Eyre, and starring Roger Livesey as Falstaff, the series took all of the Falstaff scenes from the Henriad and adapted them into seven thirty minute episodes.