“O for a muse of fire” to properly praise this ambitious, wise, contemporary-in-spirit, production of Shakespeare’s best-loved history play by Virginia Stage Company and Norfolk State University. It ...
PERRY — The year is 1415. King Henry V has decided to invade France, believing through ancestry he has a right to the French throne. In the war, the English surround the town of Agincourt, and the ...
Henry IV (Michael James Reed) and Hotspur (Charles Pasternack) die in the first drama; Falstaff (Tony DeBruno) spends this one in an offstage sickbed where, we learn, he has died. That gives Jim Butz, ...
One thing is for certain in Davis McCallum’s production, imagination and creativity are the way to marshal your theater company to tell Shakespeare’s story. In their tent in Garrison in the round this ...
In their final, bitter, conversation – taken from Henry IV part II – the old king delivers a warning about the grim realpolitik that enabled him to cling to power. “God knows, my son/By what by-paths ...
The Donmar Warehouse is presenting Shakespeare's Henry V, led by Game of Thrones star Kit Harington. Performances run through 9 April 2022. Joining him are Jude Akuwudike (King of France/ Archbishop ...
What a time to be opening a play about war, nationalism, and power. Max Webster's new production of Henry V is now running at The Donmar Warehouse, and offers us a ringside seat to the harsh realities ...