Word: cariou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whole, the quality of elocution in this production is better than what the Festival has usually offered in the past. The main burden falls of course on the title role, taken here by Len Cariou, a newcomer to the Festival. Given the concept Kahn has foisted on him, he acquits himself surprisingly well. He is obviously a well-trained classical actor, and his performance at times suggests a young Alec Guinness. The Festival has made a lucky catch...
...strength of Henry V has to rest with the man who plays the king. It is not an enviable task, for the role will always be haunted with the ghost of Olivier and the undying memory of that shivering heraldic cry, "God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Len Cariou lacks that hortatory magic of voice and presence. He is manly, straightforward and appealing, someone whom troops would always follow into the next town but scarcely into that cauldron of death and glory which is what Shakespeare meant by immortalizing Agincourt on St. Crispin...