Henry V

Author:

William Shakespeare

Edition:

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington Square Press (July 1, 2004)

Summary:

Henry V is a history play written around 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years’ War. In the First Quarto text, it was entitled The Cronicle History of Henry the fift, which became The Life of Henry the Fifth in the First Folio text.

The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild, undisciplined lad known as “Prince Harry” and “Hal”. In Henry V, the young prince has become a mature man and embarks on a successful conquest of France.

– Henry V (play). In Wikipedia.  Retrieved April 3, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(play)