Presented at the Shire Hall, Lancaster Castle From 29th May – 1st June 2024

Tickets: Full Price = £20; Concessions = £10 Tickets can be purchased online

 

 

Shakespeare’s Henry V  (1599) dramatizes the English campaign to France, culminating in the famous Battle of Agincourt (1415). For a plot summary click here.

Is Henry V as a hero -‘the mirror of a Christian kings’ ? or as a Machiavellian war criminal? Or both?

Staging Henry V in Shire Hall Lancaster Castle’s historic courtroom

puts the king and the play on trial.

 

 

Follow our Rehearsal Process with interviews from actors

Studying Henry V? Go to our resources page ‘Never was Such a Sudden scholar made’

See how the play compares to the earlier dramatization of Edward III by looking at the 2023 production here