Judi Dench & Robert Hardy - "Henry V" (BBC), Part 1
William Shakespeare's History Plays - produced by the BBC. The 1960's series "An Age of Kings". BBC; all rights reserved. Originally broadcast for television in ...
Also: "One of Shakespeare's greatest love scenes is in Act 5, Scene 2.
Unfortunately, it couldn't have happened that way. First, although English
had replaced French as the official court language, Henry spoke fluent
French. Second, one did not “woo” a noble lady in those times. One figured
out how to arrange a marriage. While Catherine, historically, seemed rather
pleased by her marriage to Henry, she had no say in the matter." As to the
second point, I think he just wanted to make sure...
Continued quote from Wikipedia: During the 15th century English became the
main spoken language. But Latin and French continued to be exclusively used
in official legal documents until the beginning of the 18th century. ---
Henry V reigned in the early 15th century, so French was starting to be
less common, but it's highly unlikely that Henry wouldn't have known it. By
Shakespeare's time the commonly used language WAS English - although both
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I spoke French fluently.
Well, one thing is certain: There will never be want of actors in England
who can creditably declare that age cannot do any mischief to their outward
appearance, because their father had a mind of civil wars, when they were
begotten; but I wonder if the box of Pandora has in it the rest of the play
as a gift to the world. Seeing the wooing of Henry is lovely but the rest
of the play should not be missing for in it Shakespeare ends his the
prodigal son plays, Richard II and Henry IV.
Shakespeare did seem to have few scruples about changing history in order
to make his plays work better, so I think you're probably right that it was
a theatrical device on his part. You know, I originally watched this
because it was a case of "Wow! Look how young JD is!" Recently, though,
I've been watching a lot of All Creatures Great and Small, and of course I
know RH from S&S and HP as well, so it's a case now of "Wow! Look how young
RH is!" :D Brilliant actors, both of them.
Without a doubt, the finest production of Shakespeare's' History Plays
There is no better representation of Falstaff, in my opinion. "No, my good
lord; banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins: but for sweet Jack
Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff,
and therefore more valiant, being, as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish not
him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company: banish plump
Jack, and banish all the world!"
According to Wikipedia: From the 12th century until the 15th century, the
courts used three languages. Latin was used for writing, Norman French was
the main oral language during the trial, and English was used in less
formal exchanges between the judge, the lawyer, the complainant or the
witnesses. The judge gave his sentence orally in Norman, which was then
written in Latin. Only in the lowest level of the manorial courts were
trials entirely in English.
...that she would make no trouble about the arrangements made with her
father. While she couldn't actually veto a marriage between herself and
another man, sometimes a daughter could persuade her father out of it,
depending on the relationship. So wooing Catherine would have made the
contract more secure. The quote is from dubdubdub dot aginc dot net,
somewhere on that site. I can't give a link.
Odd, this, since French was actually the official language of the English
court at this point. There should be no language difference. However, great
to see Judi here.
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