In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young monarch of reality. By Stephen Greenblatt Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan ...

Head of Zeus has snapped up a standalone biography of Henry V by medieval writer, historian and broadcaster Dan Jones. Non-fiction publisher Richard Milbank acquired UK, Commonwealth and translation ...

In all the history of Shakespeare on film, there are really only two names that matter-Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles. Now, the young, Irish-born actor-director Kenneth Branagh has attempted to add ...

14:00, Tue, Sep 10, 2024 Updated: 17:22, Mon, Nov 25, 2024 HENRY V is best-known today thanks to Shakespeare for defeating a numerically superior French army at Agincourt. But according to historian ...

When it comes to the world wars, Shakespeare’s Henry V is most closely associated with the second one. Laurence Olivier’s 1944 film adaptation of this historical play, in particular, continues to ...

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The Hollow Crown is a series of four adaptations of Shakespeare's History Plays on BBC Two starting with Richard II. Annie Symons is the costume designer on the three continuing films: Henry IV Part 1 ...

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