Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jamie Parker Henry V

Brid Brennan Queen Isabel

Graham Butler Duke of Bourbon/Alexander Court

Olivia Ross Princess Katherine/ Boy

Nigel Cooke Duke of Exeter