THEA 80K Lecture 6: Henry V -THEA80K
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Celebration and anticipation of victories to come for britain britain was about to attempt to colonize ireland. Inspired by the life and victories of henry v, written around the time of the spanish. Armada, protecting protestant england from the spanish inquisition. First play performed at the globe theatre. Could be explaining theatricality, asks audiences to imagine armies bigger than the stage itself, or could be blessing the globe theatre calls on audience to engage themselves. O for a muse of firecan this cockpit hold the vasty field of france? . Prince hal is heir to the throne he doesn"t want, involved in debauchery along with sir. Falstaff is a vice (a popular feature of medieval theatre), willingly breaks social norms, by the end of the play will be purged from the stage. Hal is a calculating figure, appeals to the working class as a front.
