Henry V is a play by William Shakespeare based on the life of King Henry V of England. It deals only with the events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Henry V Henry V, (August 9 or September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422), King of England, son of Henry IV by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in September 1387. ... The Battle of Agincourt was fought on October 25, 1415, Saint Crispins Day, in northern France as part of the Hundred Years War. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

It is important to note that the play was one of a series of "histories" written by Shakespeare, and would have been performed as such. Audiences would already have been familiar with "Prince Hal" as depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild undisciplined lad. In Henry V, the young prince has grown into a mature man and is about to embark on the attempted conquest of France.

Elizabethan stages did not use scenery. Acknowledging the difficulty of conveying great battles and shifts of location on a bare stage, Shakespeare introduces the character of the Chorus (a throwback to the chorus of Greek drama, which Shakespeare would not have been very familiar with), who acts as a kind of narrator, explaining the story to the audience and encouraging them to use their imaginations. The chorus calls for a "Muse of fire" so that the actor playing King Henry can "Assume the port of Mars." He asks, "Can this cockpit hold / The vasty fields of France?", and encourages the audience to use their imaginations to overcome the stage's limitations: "Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts." For the communications operator see Chorus Communications For the computer operating system see ChorusOS In classical music a chorus is any substantial group of performers in a play, revue, musical or opera who act more or less as one. ...

The early scenes deal with the embarkation of the fleet for France, and include a dramatised version of the real-life incident in which the Earl of Cambridge and two others plotted to assassinate Henry at Southampton. Henry's clever and ruthless uncovering of the plot is one indication of how he has changed from the earlier plays in which he appears. Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ...

The chorus reappears, and announces "They sell the pasture now to buy the horse," and tells the audience "We'll not offend one stomach with our play."

As with all Shakespeare's serious plays, there are a number of minor characters, some definitely comic, whose activities are intended as a diversion for restless audiences. In this case, they are mostly common soldiers in Henry's army, and include Pistol, Nym, Bardolph, and Fluellen (Fluellen is a comically-stereotyped Welsh soldier, whose name is almost certainly a phonetic rendition of "Llewellyn"). The play also deals briefly with the death of Falstaff, another character from the Henry IV plays. National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. ...

The Chorus appears again, seeking support for the English navy: "Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy," asking "who is he, whose chin is but enrich'd / With one appearing hair," and notes that "the ambassador from the French comes back;/ Tells Harry that the king doth offer him / Katharine his daughter."

The play includes several well-known speeches, including the speech, beginning, Once more unto the breach, dear friends..., from the scene depicting the siege of Harfleur, and the famous St. Crispin's Day Speech (We few, we happy few, we band of brothers) from before the Battle of Agincourt. As the action unfolds and victory looks less certain, the young king's heroic character is shown by his decision to wander around the English camp at night, in disguise, so as to comfort his soldiers and find out what they really think of him. Harfleur is a town and commune of France in the Seine-Maritime département of Haute-Normandie, on the north bank of the mouth of the Seine, about 10 km east of Le Havre, and across the river from Honfleur. ... Henry V is a play by William Shakespeare based on the life of King Henry V of England. ... The Battle of Agincourt was fought on October 25, 1415, Saint Crispins Day, in northern France as part of the Hundred Years War. ...

Following the victory at Agincourt, there is a charming scene in which Henry attempts to court his future wife, Catherine of Valois. The action ends with the French king adopting Henry as his heir to the French throne and the prayer of the French queen "that English may as French, French Englishmen, receive each other, God speak this Amen." Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 till 1422. ...

But before the curtain descends, the Chorus re-appears one more time and ruefully notes that Henry's own heir's "state, so many had the managing, that they both lost France, and made his England bleed" - a foreshadowing of the tumultuous reign of Henry VI of England, which Shakespeare had previously brought to the stage. Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21/22, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471. ...

Dramatis Personae

• King Henry the Fifth.
• Duke of Gloucester, & Duke of Bedford, Brothers to the King.
• Duke of Exeter, Uncle to the King.
• Duke of York, Cousin to the King.
• Earls of Salisbury, Westmoreland, and Warwick.
• Archbishop of Canterbury
• Bishop of Ely
• Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scroop, and Sir Thomas Grey, Traitors.
• Sir Thomas Erpingham, Gower, Fluellen, Macmorris, Jamy, Officers in King Henry's Army.
• Bates, Court, Williams, Soldiers in the Same.
• Pistol, Nym, Bardolph.
• Boy.
• A Herald.
• Charles the Sixth, King of France.
• Lewis, the Dauphin.
• Dukes of Burgundy, Orleans, and Bourbon.
• Constable of France
• Rambures and Grandpré, French Lords.
• Montjoy, a French Herald.
• Governor of Harfleur.
• Ambassadors to the King of England.
• Isabel, Queen of France
• Katharine, Daughter to Charles and Isabel
• Alice, a Lady attending on the Princess Katharine
• Hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern, formerly Mistress Quickly, and now married to Pistol.

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