Summary: Henry V has some of the greatest speeches of all time. Here's a youtube clip of one of them. You can listen to our episode about it Here. Our next episode is our season finalè, so please give us some questions or subjects to talk about! The script we used to record this episode is after the break 1. Introduction 1. Bardcast 2. Names 3. Henry V 2. play classification/sources 1. Holinshed's History of England, etc. 2. The Famous Victories of Henry V 3. History 4. 4th part of the second tetralogy 1. Richard II, HIV I&II, HV. 2. First Tetrology: HVI 1,2,3, Richard III 3. Publications 1. Performed 1599 2. printed 1600, copied in 1602 and 1619. They're terrible 3. The Folio is the only good copy. 4. Falstaff may have been in an unpublished copy of the play. 4. What's it About? 1. Henry V 1. Henry IV I and II are also about Henry V 2. War 5. Setting 1. England and France 1. England is seen as naturally at war with/ occupying france 1. The Hundred Years' War 2. Henry V is newly kinged, newly wise and awesome in every way 6. characters 1. 3 plot threads 1. Henry V 1. Henry himself 1. Everyone agrees that Henry has had a miraculous maturing since the death of Henry IV 2. so many nobles 1. Duke of Gloucester (Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester) & Duke of Bedford (John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford), Brothers to the King 2. Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Uncle to the King 3. Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Cousin to the King 4. Earls of Salisbury, Westmoreland, and Warwick
