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...“I don’t consciously model myself on Henry V,” he laughs, adding that the answer lies in the pluralism of the plays and the fact that they demand true ensemble playing (Doran begins the rehearsal process...
...This year the RSC toured Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong with the English-language originals of Henry IV Parts I & II and Henry V, directed by Gregord Doran with Horsley as assistant director....
...Doran’s production is straightforward and clear....
...How apt that the London opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry V fell on Remembrance Day....
...Last year at the end of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry IV Part 2, Falstaff crumbled into despair after his surrogate son Prince Hal (now King Henry V) saw him clearly and disowned him....
...Gregory Doran directs, with David Tennant as Richard II, Jasper Britton as Henry IV and Antony Sher as Falstaff. barbican.org.uk, January 12-24 Romeo and Juliet Barbican Hall, LondonSir Andrew Davis conducts...
...The RSC’s artistic director Gregory Doran tackles Shakespeare’s great and wise history plays about leadership, responsibility, fatherhood – and England....
...And so Hal’s final disavowal of him at the younger man’s coronation as King Henry V – “I know thee not, old man” – acquires its poignancy....
...Cycling, rowing, rugby, cricket – I want to bat for the critics in the “Artists v Critics” match, but the pitch is waterlogged....
...Michael V....
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