Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.
Nigel Cooke
Duke of ExeterOlivia Ross
Princess Katherine/ BoyBrid Brennan
Queen IsabelDavid Hargreaves
King of France/ Nym/ Sir Thomas ErpinghamJames Lailey
Earl of Westmoreland/Captain MacmorrisSam Cox
PistolJamie Parker
Henry VKurt Egyiawan
Louis the Dauphin/Lord Scroop