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flowerparrish's review against another edition
4.0
Love seeing Prince Hal all grown up and starting wars
cassiesinclair's review against another edition
I really enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. It was so much easier to read aloud than read silently and I had great fun trying out awful french and welsh accents. I wish there had been a bit more interaction between Pistol, Nym, and Bardolph but oh well.
I read a kids' summary book of the play before reading the actual text and it was quite interesting that the book described what happened at the battle (the arrows blotting out the sun, horses stuck in mud, etc.) from historical accounts but this doesn't actually appear on stage in the actual play. It was also interesting to read the fictional account by Shakespeare whilst knowing the historical aspects of the Battle of Agincourt because in historical tellings you get the facts but in Shakespeare's telling you got to know the characters and either like or dislike the characters for their personalities.
I read a kids' summary book of the play before reading the actual text and it was quite interesting that the book described what happened at the battle (the arrows blotting out the sun, horses stuck in mud, etc.) from historical accounts but this doesn't actually appear on stage in the actual play. It was also interesting to read the fictional account by Shakespeare whilst knowing the historical aspects of the Battle of Agincourt because in historical tellings you get the facts but in Shakespeare's telling you got to know the characters and either like or dislike the characters for their personalities.
nyssasilv's review against another edition
5.0
This is my first Shakespeare history play, and I was not disappointed. There were a few flaws with this play that detracted from its overall flow and structure (too much about the glove and the leek, and a gratuitously long fifth act after the battle had finished), but there were of course some great speeches. Really good stuff.
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