By William Shakespeare
Directed by Max Webster
Starring Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones)
Captured live from the Donmar Warehouse in London.
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power.
Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war.
Directed by Max Webster (Life of Pi), this exciting modern production explores what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve?
3hrs, with 1 intermission. / Rated R
Strobe warning. Henry V contains sequences involving extended flashing or flickering light. Please be aware in case of photosensitive epilepsy.
‘Kit Harington is resoundly good’--The London Times
‘A broodingly impressive production.’--Time Out