Production[edit]

"Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II" were filmed simultaneously from January to March 2012.^[1] The films were shot on location and at Ealing Studios in London, where the Boar's Head Tavern set was created.^[3] Scenes at Henry IV's court in the Palace of Westminster were filmed at Gloucester Cathedral.^[4] Caerphilly Castle in Wales was used both for the scenes set at Warkworth Castle and for the meeting with Glendower.^[3][5] The Battle of Shrewsbury was filmed in a field near Rickmansworth during a winter snowfall.^[6] Although the battle took place in July, director Richard Eyre said he was delighted by the result: "The grass of the English landscape tends to subvert the violence of battle, so the snow turned the setting into this monochromatic world."^[7]