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Henry V

Approaching Shakespeare

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The Importance of Airbrushing Henry V

Henry V is published in quarto in 1600 and it's described as the chronicle history of Henry V with his battle fought at Agincourt. So we can see here that ancient pistol a comically aggressive figure in the in the play is a selling point. The proper nouns the title page stresses are Henry Agincourt France pistol but what I want to stress about this edition of the play is that it differs from the folio text in a number of ways. If you're not really sure how to go about finding these I-BARD information sessions only an hour it's a really good investment of time.

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