

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.
Director: Dominic Dromgoole

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

Giles Cooper
Montjoy/ Monsieur le Fer/Sir Thomas Grey

Sam Cox
Pistol

Kurt Egyiawan
Louis the Dauphin/Lord Scroop

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