Drama

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.

Credits

Jamie ParkerHenry V

Brid BrennanQueen Isabel

Graham ButlerDuke of Bourbon/Alexander Court

Olivia RossPrincess Katherine/ Boy

Nigel CookeDuke of Exeter