Often considered to be one of Shakespeare's finest ever plays, it picks up where Henry IV, Part 1 left off. Yet another first class BBC production.
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HENRY THE FIFTH (OLIVIER) (1944)
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This is the Shakespearean opus containing many a familiar line, "Once more into the breach dear friends..." amongst them, and spoken by an absolutely outstanding cast. A must to watch, even if it's not on your school syllabus!
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HENRY V (BBC) (1990)
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Not the Kenneth Branagh version nor Olivier's but one that compares reasonably neverthess - and a more faithful rendering at that! Probably the most useful for the purposes of study.
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HENRY VI - YORK (ESC) (1990)
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Video of the ESC stage play. Henry VI pt II. Richard of York begins his bid for the crown, Henry VI and Margaret fight back under the banner of Lancaster. York is killed but his sons capture both Henry and Edward (heir to 2 thrones). Eventually both Henry and Edward are killed, and Margaret is banished.
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HENRY VI PART ONE (BBC) (1983)
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One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptation of one of the great Bard's works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. It is the first in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The Wars of the Roses".
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HENRY VI PART THREE (BBC) (1983)
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One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptation of one of the great Bard's works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. It is the third in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The Wars of the Roses".
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HENRY VI PART TWO (BBC) (1983)
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One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptation of one of the great Bard's works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. It is the second in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The Wars of the Roses".
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HENRY VIII: ALL IS TRUE (BBC) (1979)
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One of the BBC's exhaustive and typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's lesser known works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. The play, one of Shakespeare's most popular in the 19th Century, focuses on the relationships between Henry, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey. To quote "'Tis better to be lowly born Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow".
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JULIUS CAESAR (BBC) (1979)
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Typically superb production from the BBC series that gives the definitive study versions of the great bard's plays.
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KING LEAR (IAN MCKELLEN) (2008)
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A Royal Shakespeare Company production of the Bard's work with Ian McKellen in fine form as the truly lost Lear, a sick old man on the edge of dementia, his children scheming against him, his loyalties abused... murder, tragedy but some small redemption.
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