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Today I'm looking at William Shakespeare's "history play" Henry V; I'll be paying specific attention to the historical and performative contexts of this play.
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [ • Greenery - Silent Part... ]
Images:
Countdown timer and audio: • The Countdown Clock and www.televisiontunes.com/Countd...
Contents page from Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623). Held by the British Library.
Coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by an unknown English artist (c.1600). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in tilting armour, attributed to Nicholas Hilliard (1587). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Saddle, helm, sword and shield thought to be the funeral achievements of Henry V for many centuries. Held by Westminster Abbey.
The effigy on the tomb of Henry V at Westminster Abbey.
Photograph of part of Ronald Gower's sculpture celebrating William Shakespeare and his works in Stratford-upon-Avon, depicting Prince Hal trying on the crown. Taken by Immanuel Giel. From Wikimedia Commons.
Quoted texts:
Chronology of Shakespeare’s plays according to the second edition of the Norton Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare’s Henry V (1599)