by vm_admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Events, Latest News, Uncategorised
Last week the Drama Development department, along with students from Barton Peveril visited Wildern School, Hamble Community Sports College and Hounsdown school to present our 10-minute version of Macbeth. The final piece ended up being nearer to 15 minutes but was...
by vm_admin | Sep 23, 2015 | Events, Latest News, Uncategorised
As part of his research for directing new play The Road To Glory Daniel Hill recently travelled to northern France to explore Azincourt and the port town of Harfleur 600 years after the devastating Battle of Agincourt led by Henry V. Join him on his journey…...
by vm_admin | Sep 23, 2015 | History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
The army that Henry V raised for the French campaign of 1415, although not the largest raised by the English crown during the period, was certainly a substantial force, consisting of about 12,000 fighting men. By the early fifteenth century the English crown had...
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...
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