Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.
Cast
Jamie Parker
Henry V
Brid Brennan
Queen Isabel
Graham Butler
Duke of Bourbon/Alexander Court
Olivia Ross
Princess Katherine/ Boy
Nigel Cooke
Duke of Exeter
Giles Cooper
Montjoy/ Monsieur le Fer/Sir Thomas Grey
Sam Cox
Pistol
Kurt Egyiawan
Louis the Dauphin/Lord Scroop
Matthew Flynn
Captain Gower
David Hargreaves
King of France/ Nym/ Sir Thomas Erpingham
Beruce Khan
John Bates/Duke of York
James Lailey
Earl of Westmoreland/Captain Macmorris
Brendan O'Hea
Captain Fluellen/Bishop of Ely
Videos
Storyline
Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.
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