Open Day of Talks    Saturday 1 June 2024, Lancaster Suite, Lancaster Castle

 ‘Cry God for Harry, England and St George’ Henry V and English Patriotism.

10.00 am (Introduction to the play  Professor Alison Findlay (Lancaster University)

10.45-11.00 Coffee

11.00-12.00 Henry V in production (Professor Chris Fitter, Rutgers University)

12.00-12.45 Henry V and Lancaster Castle (Colin Penny Curator of Lancaster Castle Museum)

1.00 pm Matthew Panesh (performance poet) ‘St George’

Lunch break and Mummer’s play (West End Players)

3.00-4.00 pm Staging Henry V  in Shire Hall

Q and A with Director (Emma Rucastle) and members of the Company