035 The Elizabethan James Cameron: Henry V (1599)

Is Henry V great? Or propaganda? It's great propaganda!

In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare invented the modern romantic comedy. Now he invents the modern war film. Henry V fights the valiant, villainous French with a country-crossing army of ethnically diverse warriors (English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh). 

Does this patriotic crowd-pleaser still work in our more cynical times? Is it patriotic at all?

Join us to find out!

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Sources: 

The Oxford Shakespeare: Henry V (Oxford University Press)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)