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In response to "I have a pair of free tickets to a stage showing of Henry V tomorrow. Will I understand it if I've never read the play or have any idea what it's" by Hotkiss

You should definitely go. As long as the staging is halfway decent, it's a very good play.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Feb 4 '09, 23:07

And it contains one of the most famous soliloquies of theater, the St. Crispin's Day speech.

"But we in it shall be remembered,
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother."

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also, Agincourt is historic because there were only about 5-7000 English v. a French army in the tens of thousands. the French got routed (obvs) - pigby Feb 4, 23:17 1
- Ah, how quickly the French forgot Eleanor of Acquitane. - Trish Feb 4, 23:51

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You should definitely go. As long as the staging is halfway decent, it's a very good play.

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