King Henry V of England had invaded ... It’s entirely possible that, as he does in Shakespeare’s play, Montjoy approached Henry again, as the armies took position, and repeated the offer ...

and Henry V (1413-22). Unashamedly crowd-pleasing adaptations, which today would have been introduced with the disclaimer “based on a true story,” they were studded with phrases that still res ...

In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting in broad cinematic terms to an epic narrative of Henry V, who had developed from a ...

Read by David Gyasi. Henry V is Shakespeare’s famed history play. This version of the story is told by Pistol – one of the comic characters in Shakespeare’s play. Pistol takes on the role of ...