Henry V
The week in theatre: Henry V; Vardy v Rooney; ¡Showmanism! – review
Oliver Johnstone mesmerises as Henry V, Vardy and Rooney go head to head, and Dickie Beau lipsyncs a swarm of voices, from Hitchcock to Fiona Shaw
Susannah Clapp
27, Nov, 2022 @10:30 AM
Henry V review – a troubled king reaches for foreign quarrels
In this coruscating production from Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe, Henry’s grasp for power is cast in a stark light
Kate Wyver
24, Nov, 2022 @11:00 PM
By all means cry God for Harry, England and St George. Just don’t puff out your chest too far | Tim Adams
A new production of Henry V has been called a ‘woke King Harry’ – but Englishness has always been complex
Tim Adams
06, Nov, 2022 @7:30 AM
A non-binary Joan of Arc? Great. Now theatre should take the next step | Letter
Letter: Louise Branch calls for playwrights to portray male historical figures such as Henry V as non-binary or trans
Letters
05, Sep, 2022 @5:08 PM
The week in theatre: Henry V; Our Generation – review
Kit Harington’s a natural as Shakespeare’s military monarch, while Alecky Blythe’s long-awaited new verbatim play captures five years of teenage introspection
Susannah Clapp
06, Mar, 2022 @10:30 AM
Henry V review – Kit Harington’s corporate tyrant wages war
The Game of Thrones star impresses in an uneven production balancing boardroom and battlefield
Arifa Akbar
03, Mar, 2022 @12:01 PM
Kit Harington on Henry V and life after Jon Snow: ‘We need to start dealing with male anger’
As the Game of Thrones star swaps furs for modern dress to play Shakespeare’s monarch, he reflects on what the play tells us about masculinity, and how it addresses the issues that drove his struggle with addiction
Emine Saner
17, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM
Kit Harington to play Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse
Game of Thrones star will appear in production focusing on modern political power, part of the London theatre’s reopening season
Chris Wiegand
29, Jun, 2021 @11:01 PM
Terry Hands obituary
Artistic director of the RSC, who co-founded the Liverpool Everyman theatre and revived the Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Michael Coveney
04, Feb, 2020 @5:41 PM
The week in theatre: Death of a Salesman; Henry IV Part 1; Henry IV Part 2; Henry V – review
An outstanding cast portray a family stuck together while falling apart in the Young Vic’s Death of a Salesman
Susannah Clapp
19, May, 2019 @7:00 AM
Henry IV Parts 1 and 2/Henry V review – a game of thrones with lots of leather
Michelle Terry is revelatory as Hotspur and Sarah Amankwah makes a majestic Henry in a valiant if uneven trilogy
Kate Wyver
13, May, 2019 @2:40 PM
Henry V review – a deeply thoughtful study of war's victors and victims
Elizabeth Freestone’s highly kinetic production matches an often vulnerable Henry with a wonderfully punky Katharine
Natalie Haynes
29, Jun, 2018 @1:04 PM
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