
Henry V
Approaching Shakespeare
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The Quarto of Henry the Fifth
The quarto version of Henry the fifth does not have any choruses at all. It's a historical story without the mediation of the chorus that I've been talking about as a way of maybe sharpening our perspective on Henry's character. So if you wanted to make an argument about Henry's presentation is he admirable or not you could argue that he is more admirable in the quarto than he is in the folio okay so that's just one line that maybe is worth thinking about. That both is and is not recognizable I think as as the version we're more used to.
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