Shakespeare's "King Henry V" from "The War of the Roses" (English Shakespeare Company, UK, 1990) is a direct filming, from the stage, of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington's 7-play sequence based on Shakespeare's history plays.
King Henry - Michael Pennington
Ben Bazell - Westmoreland
Clyde Pollitt as the King of France,
Ian Burford as Exeter,
Jack Carr as Burgundy
Ann Penfold as Alice
Francesca Ryan as Katherine
Director Michael Bogdanov
Save the costume disaster (was this lack of money or the attempt to make a good old play seem more modern to the audience?) the play was well-performed and not many lines were left out; though the actor playing King Henry V was a bit misplaced, while the one of Fluellen was brilliant; while the play itself is the glorious finale of the lost plays of Shakespeare and a worthy English tale of the eternal conflict between France and England, which ragged on for a thousand years on all continents.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago