We work our way through the beginning of Act III of Henry V - this episode covers the Chorus and scenes 1-3.
Among many things, we discuss the cinematic imagery of the Chorus, the hammering momentum of Henry’s “Once more unto the breach” speech, how it is immediately undercut comedically, puzzling through the significance of regional accents being written into the dialogue, and our realization that for the first two acts of the play we were talking about war, now we are steeped in it and all the myriad perspectives on war and violence.
Our ensemble for Henry V includes Nazlah Black, Esther Boles, Zoe Burke, Andrew Codispoti, Xdzunúm Danae, Zoë Goslin, Isabel Karp, Colin Kohrs, Alexander Lane, Julia Larsen, Amy Meilander, Jesse Van Buren, facilitated and directed by Ariana Karp.