Contrasting real history with Shakespeare’s play on the life of Henry V, this lecture looks at aspects of the true story of the battle of Agincourt which are often overlooked such as Henry V’s piously brutal character and the atrocities carried out his army in Normandy.
The background of Shakespeare’s writing is explored to demonstrates how the Bard was in fact telling the tale of 1590s Ireland rather than the fifteenth century war in France. Finally it looks at modern day portrayals of the play set against the background of recent wars.
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