Henry IV, Part 1 of Patay, and whom Shakespeare had previously represented in "Henry VI, Part 1". Fastolf had died without descendants, making him safe for a playwright's use. Shortly afterward, a team of playwrights wrote a two-part play entitled "Sir John Oldcastle", which presents a heroic dramatisation of Oldcastle's life and was published in 1600. In 1986, the Oxford Shakespeare edition of Shakespeare's works rendered the character's name as Oldcastle, rather than Falstaff, in "Henry IV, Part 1" (although not, confusingly, in "Part 2"), as a consequence of the editors' aim to present the plays as they would have appeared during their original
BBC Television Shakespeare Aufidius in front of a large crowd who urge Aufidius to kill him. However, in shooting the scene, Moshinsky changed it so that it takes place in front of a few silent senators, and there is no real fight as such. The "Prefaces to Shakespeare" episode for "The Tragedy of Coriolanus" was presented by Ian Hogg who had played Coriolanus in a 1972 RSC production directed by Trevor Nunn. The "Shakespeare in Perspective" episode was presented by General Sir John Hackett. Cast For this production, director David Giles chose to go with a semi-stylised setting, which he referred to as