Word: agincourt
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WHEN A CIRCUS GOES AWRY, IT IS USUALly the fault of the ringmaster. Judge Ito was not able to keep the sideshows under control, and as a result the knife thrower got away with murder. This was not justice; this was a travesty. MARE-LIIS BALLES , Agincourt, Ontario...
Henry V. Through March 25. AmericanRepertory Theatre, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge.547-8300. Civil war is at an end and the youngking must turn his attentions to the turmoilsabroad. From the tavern at Eastcheap to the fieldsof Agincourt, the pageant continues as Hal proveshimself a great soldier and statesman, finallymeeting Katharine, the beautiful daughter of theKing of France, who teaches him his first lessonsin love. Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 and7...
Henry V. Through March 25. American Repertory Theatre, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. 547-8300. From the tavern at Eastcheap to the fields of Agincourt, the pageant continues as the young king Hal proves himself a great soldier and statesman, finally meeting Katharine, the beautiful daughter of the King of France, who teaches him his first lessons in Love. Tues...
...young king Henry, vaulted to power at the death of his father, must prove his legitimacy as a king by leading his hopelessly inferior army against haughty France. The play climaxes at the Battle of Agincourt, where 6,000 Englishmen must fight or die against an army of 30,000 French...
...culmination of the film is the Battle of Agincourt--the wartime victory against the French which every young English Schulkind cherishes and commits to memory. However, Branagh explores the complicated ironies of the triumphant underdogs. With long and short shots, we see the full-scale massacre of chaos as well as the upclose bitterness and mudspattered savagery of war. Branagh's final elegy is a tragic pacan to the misery of battle. Corpses strewn across the fields in a violent fashion are a gruesome testament to the brutal pain before us. Branagh plays up the ambiguity--he lets us recognize...