Henry V, Shakespeare's Globe review - anatomy of a violent, murky world of leadership
The play is stripped down to expose sinister undercurrents of nationalism and honour-culture It begins in darkness. All that can be heard is the sound of a human struggling painfully for breath so that even before the lights go up we have the sense of a life coming to an end. It's a stark contrast to the triumphalism of the play's original opening "Oh for a Muse of fire".
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