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Henry V, star of England
31 August is the anniversary of the death of that “star of England”, King Henry V. He died in France, where he had been on a military campaign to capture more of the country, in 1422 aged only 35. If...
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The Shakespeare blog hits 100!
Yes this is my 100th post since I started The Shakespeare Blog just over six months ago. It’s a good time to reassess the site, and over the past week I’ve been planning a few changes which will go...
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Funeral monuments: remembering Shakespeare’s Henry V and Richard III
Henry V Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky, And with them scourge the bad revolting stars That...
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The end of chivalry: John Talbot, the terror of the French
Illustration by H C Selous of Talbot in battle from an 1830 edition of Shakespeare According to the messenger who gives the news in the first scene of Henry VI Part 1, Lord Talbot was captured by the...
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