First Look: HENRY V
So, my day has been further made. Today, the BBC released the first clip from their upcoming production of Shakespeare's HENRY V. It's part of the Cultural Olympiad, as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Did we have a cultural olympiad here when we last hosted? There will also be a production of HENRY IV released this summer. The first time I read HENRY V was in my university British literature course. I fell in love with the play. My professor was a Shakespeare scholar, so it was a wonderful experience. Then, we met outside of class and watched Kenneth Branagh's HENRY V . It is still one of my favorite films and I watch it often. Sometimes, I just watch the clip of Henry's St. Crispin's Day speech, one of my favorite excerpts from literature. We also watched a clip from Sir Laurence Olivier's HENRY V. It was filmed during WWII to bo...