Word: agincourt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...name of Agincourt...
Among lines that the Cambridge Drama Festival has cut from Shakespeare's Henry V are those in which the Chorus, introducing the scene at Agincourt, apologizes to the audience for the inadequate treatment that a battle must receive on the stage...
...little touch of Harry in the night' worked wonders for British morale at Agincourt," said London's Daily Telegraph with Shakespearean whimsy. "The little touch of Harry S. Truman at his press conference yesterday was equally invigorating. It is no discourtesy to President Eisenhower to say that his former commander in chief, more than any other living American, embodies the sparkle and freshness, idealism and energy of the new world...
When one considers the delicate balance of war and love in Olivier's Henry and the use he could have made of the wide-screen process in the Agincourt sequence, the waste in Desiree becomes apparent. The Napoleonic Wars are depicted by a faked-up melange of tricolors and flames...
...silent-as if at a national funeral. The magical Magyars won, 6-3, and at the very end, the stands rose as one in thunderous, generous applause for the Hungarians. The British press made no alibis. The Times wrote: "The Hungarians shot with the accuracy of archers. It was Agincourt in reverse." The tabloid Daily Mirror and the good grey Times both had the same thought: "It was the twilight of the Gods." With wry humor the Express also noted a consolation: "England came back victoriously last night. Her pingpong players beat a Hungarian team...