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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Steve H on November 25, 2018, 08:12:15 PM

Title: "We few, we happy few..."
Post by: Steve H on November 25, 2018, 08:12:15 PM

I saw this production of Henry V at the Globe years ago, but sadly not at this particular performance - at least, I couldn't spot myself in the audience (I was up at the front, below the stage). Mark Rylance's delivery is typically understated, but all the more moving for that. 'Henry V' is my favourite Shakespeare play, and the one I know best.

https://youtu.be/UOouofFFrZE

Title: Re: "We few, we happy few..."
Post by: Robbie on November 26, 2018, 05:33:13 PM

Thanks Steven. Something I'll enjoy, half asleep at moment but later.

Title: Re: "We few, we happy few..."
Post by: Harrowby Hall on November 29, 2018, 09:02:34 AM

For all its qualities, Olivier's film does disappoint me in one particular detail: the St Crispin's Day speech itself is edited. Olivier leaves out the line

 "Be he ne'er so vile this day shall gentle his condition".  Why?



William Walton's score is wonderful.

Title: Re: "We few, we happy few..."
Post by: Steve H on November 29, 2018, 10:36:30 AM

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on November 29, 2018, 09:02:34 AM

For all its qualities, Olivier's film does disappoint me in one particular detail: the St Crispin's Day speech itself is edited. Olivier leaves out the line

 "Be he ne'er so vile this day shall gentle his condition".  Why?



William Walton's score is wonderful.

The Olivier film is good, but the Branagh version is better, both overall and in all its parts. Both of them, though, abbreviate this speech, which Rylance doesn't.