William Shakespeare's History Plays - produced by the BBC. The 1960's series "An Age of Kings". BBC; all rights reserved. Originally broadcast for television in 1960.
Here, "Henry V", King Henry (Robert Hardy) attempts to afford England the benefit of power over France, with the undercurrent of answering his hearts overwhelming desire to have Princess Katherine (Judi Dench) as his soverign queen and love.
Dench is a phenomenon. Incredible!
smike53 5 days ago
Apparently M has been involved in government intrigues for longer than I thought.
pavelb1 2 weeks ago
Good, weren't they? Hmmm... very good!
effyleven 3 months ago
always loved this scene! does anyone have any part of paul daneman's richard III, or scenes with jack may as the duke of york?
1goodvibrations 1 year ago
Well, one thing is certain: There will never be want of actors in England who can creditably declare that age cannot do any mischief to their outward appearance, because their father had a mind of civil wars, when they were begotten; but I wonder if the box of Pandora has in it the rest of the play as a gift to the world. Seeing the wooing of Henry is lovely but the rest of the play should not be missing for in it Shakespeare ends his the prodigal son plays, Richard II and Henry IV.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago
Odd, this, since French was actually the official language of the English court at this point. There should be no language difference. However, great to see Judi here.
imasinnerimasaint 1 year ago
That's Judi Dench playing Katherine - she was excellent even back then.
al1936ful 1 year ago
From 0:45 to 0:54, the man in the upper left screen with a beard and no mustache looks like Anthony Hopkins.
milty40 1 year ago