Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Directed by Ross MacGibbon, Dominic Dromgoole
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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.Read moreLess
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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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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Jamie ParkerHenry V
Brid BrennanQueen Isabel
Graham ButlerDuke of Bourbon/Alexander Court
Olivia RossPrincess Katherine/ Boy
Nigel CookeDuke of Exeter
Giles CooperMontjoy/ Monsieur le Fer/Sir Thomas Grey
Sam CoxPistol
Kurt EgyiawanLouis the Dauphin/Lord Scroop
David HargreavesKing of France/ Nym/ Sir Thomas Erpingham
Beruce KhanJohn Bates/Duke of YorkExplore the crew
- Director
- Ross MacGibbon
- Director
- Dominic Dromgoole