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Shakespeare: Henry V
Kit Harington (Henry V); Jude Akuwudike (King of France/ Archbishop of Canterbury/Sir Thomas Erpingham); Seumas Begg (Jamy/Grey/Gloucester); Claire-Louise Cordwell (Bardolph/Bates); Kate Duchêne (Exeter/Constable of France); Olivier Huband (The Dauphin/Ely); Melissa Johns (Mistress Quickly/Williams/MacMorris); David Judge (Nym/Mountjoy); Danny Kirrane (Pistol/Westmoreland); Diany Samba-Bandza (Katherine/Gower); Steven Meo (Llewellyn/Falstaff); Marienella Phillips (Alice/Cambridge/Salisbury)
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power. Captured live from the Donmar Warehouse in London.
Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war.
Directed by Max Webster (Life of Pi), this exciting modern production explores what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve?
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 26/04/2024
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1377D
Artist(s):
Kit Harington; Jude Akuwudike; Seumas Begg; Claire-Louise Cordwell; Kate Duchêne; Olivier Huband; Melissa Johns; David Judge; Danny Kirrane; Diany Samba-Bandza; Steven Meo; Marienella Phillips
Kit Harington; Jude Akuwudike; Seumas Begg; Claire-Louise Cordwell; Kate Duchêne; Olivier Huband; Melissa Johns; David Judge; Danny Kirrane; Diany Samba-Bandza; Steven Meo; Marienella Phillips
"A broodingly impressive production.
Kit Harington thrills and chills in this broodingly intelligent take on Shakespeare’s war play.
The Donmar’s Kit Harington-starring take on Shakespeare’s usually zippy war play is BIG. Really big. This is ‘Henry V’ given the widescreen treatment, the stage equivalent to a luxury miniseries adaptation, stretching a full half-hour longer than most productions. It’s the first version I’ve seen in which every single scene is given room to breathe - even the dopey throwaway ones like the French army bantering the night before battle.
Webster’s production is carefully structured to make the story as lucid as humanly possible, with the biggest chunk of the added running time coming from a new intro crafted from bits of ‘Henry IV’." (Time Out ★★★★)
"A victory." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Violent, devastating, and astonishing in its power ... appalling in its violence." (The I ★★★★)
"Kit Harington is resoundly good." (The Times ★★★★)
"... exciting, bleak and real ..." (The Daily Mail ★★★★)
Kit Harington thrills and chills in this broodingly intelligent take on Shakespeare’s war play.
The Donmar’s Kit Harington-starring take on Shakespeare’s usually zippy war play is BIG. Really big. This is ‘Henry V’ given the widescreen treatment, the stage equivalent to a luxury miniseries adaptation, stretching a full half-hour longer than most productions. It’s the first version I’ve seen in which every single scene is given room to breathe - even the dopey throwaway ones like the French army bantering the night before battle.
Webster’s production is carefully structured to make the story as lucid as humanly possible, with the biggest chunk of the added running time coming from a new intro crafted from bits of ‘Henry IV’." (Time Out ★★★★)
"A victory." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Violent, devastating, and astonishing in its power ... appalling in its violence." (The I ★★★★)
"Kit Harington is resoundly good." (The Times ★★★★)
"... exciting, bleak and real ..." (The Daily Mail ★★★★)
Kit Harington (Henry V); Jude Akuwudike (King of France/ Archbishop of Canterbury/Sir Thomas Erpingham); Seumas Begg (Jamy/Grey/Gloucester); Claire-Louise Cordwell (Bardolph/Bates); Kate Duchêne (Exeter/Constable of France); Olivier Huband (The Dauphin/Ely); Melissa Johns (Mistress Quickly/Williams/MacMorris); David Judge (Nym/Mountjoy); Danny Kirrane (Pistol/Westmoreland); Diany Samba-Bandza (Katherine/Gower); Steven Meo (Llewellyn/Falstaff); Marienella Phillips (Alice/Cambridge/Salisbury)
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power. Captured live from the Donmar Warehouse in London.
Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war.
Directed by Max Webster (Life of Pi), this exciting modern production explores what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve?
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 26/04/2024
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1377D
Artist(s):
Kit Harington; Jude Akuwudike; Seumas Begg; Claire-Louise Cordwell; Kate Duchêne; Olivier Huband; Melissa Johns; David Judge; Danny Kirrane; Diany Samba-Bandza; Steven Meo; Marienella Phillips
Kit Harington; Jude Akuwudike; Seumas Begg; Claire-Louise Cordwell; Kate Duchêne; Olivier Huband; Melissa Johns; David Judge; Danny Kirrane; Diany Samba-Bandza; Steven Meo; Marienella Phillips
"A broodingly impressive production.
Kit Harington thrills and chills in this broodingly intelligent take on Shakespeare’s war play.
The Donmar’s Kit Harington-starring take on Shakespeare’s usually zippy war play is BIG. Really big. This is ‘Henry V’ given the widescreen treatment, the stage equivalent to a luxury miniseries adaptation, stretching a full half-hour longer than most productions. It’s the first version I’ve seen in which every single scene is given room to breathe - even the dopey throwaway ones like the French army bantering the night before battle.
Webster’s production is carefully structured to make the story as lucid as humanly possible, with the biggest chunk of the added running time coming from a new intro crafted from bits of ‘Henry IV’." (Time Out ★★★★)
"A victory." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Violent, devastating, and astonishing in its power ... appalling in its violence." (The I ★★★★)
"Kit Harington is resoundly good." (The Times ★★★★)
"... exciting, bleak and real ..." (The Daily Mail ★★★★)
Kit Harington thrills and chills in this broodingly intelligent take on Shakespeare’s war play.
The Donmar’s Kit Harington-starring take on Shakespeare’s usually zippy war play is BIG. Really big. This is ‘Henry V’ given the widescreen treatment, the stage equivalent to a luxury miniseries adaptation, stretching a full half-hour longer than most productions. It’s the first version I’ve seen in which every single scene is given room to breathe - even the dopey throwaway ones like the French army bantering the night before battle.
Webster’s production is carefully structured to make the story as lucid as humanly possible, with the biggest chunk of the added running time coming from a new intro crafted from bits of ‘Henry IV’." (Time Out ★★★★)
"A victory." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Violent, devastating, and astonishing in its power ... appalling in its violence." (The I ★★★★)
"Kit Harington is resoundly good." (The Times ★★★★)
"... exciting, bleak and real ..." (The Daily Mail ★★★★)
