Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)

7.0/10 164 min Drama

Overview

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

David Hargreaves

King of France/ Nym/ Sir Thomas Erpingham

Beruce Khan

John Bates/Duke of York

Brendan O'Hea

Captain Fluellen/Bishop of Ely

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