by vm_admin | Sep 17, 2015 | History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
As part of the filming for the Agincourt 1415: Myth and Reality MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), a small team from the University of Southampton (including myself and Professor Anne Curry) visited the site of the battlefield at Azincourt in the Pas-de-Calais earlier...
by vm_admin | Sep 15, 2015 | Events, Latest News, Uncategorised
“I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe’er you come to know it, answer me” Next week a cast of six young actors from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College begins a week-long tour of the local secondary schools participating in Shakespearience 2015. They hope...
by vm_admin | Sep 15, 2015 | Film, Latest News, Uncategorised
If there’s been one theme that has recurred the most in this blog, it would be the duality of King Henry’s personality. There’s the side that suited Lawrence Olivier: The charismatic leader, the war hero. And equally, there’s the angry, vengeful side that TV’s David...
by vm_admin | Sep 9, 2015 | Events, Latest News, Uncategorised
I am writing this sat on a ferry heading back from France, reflecting on what has been a remarkable couple of days. As part of my research for directing new play The Road To Glory, I’ve been lucky enough to travel with the Composer David Pearce to northern France....
by vm_admin | Sep 7, 2015 | Film, Latest News, Uncategorised
As our journey through the different filmed versions of William Shakespeare’s Henry V continues, we come to a very significant incarnation – Kenneth Branagh’s 1989 film. In 1989, Kenneth Branagh took the task of adapting The Bard’s history play Henry V for the big...
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