![]() However, I decided to write my notes about the play first and then worry about the actual history this is Shakespeare’s choice to make Henry V be whom Shakespeare wishes and I’m not reading the play as history. My first impetus was to check on the historical accuracy of Shakespeare’s portray of Henry V. I’m not convinced it is great poetry, and doesn’t seem to be filled with exciting and memorable lines, but the story of the play is gripping. This is definitely one of my favorite plays I’ve read is this project of reading all of Shakespeare’s plays. ![]() See: List of Shakespeare’s play’s I’ve read and commented on COMMENTS ON However, I will keep a separate page listing each play I’ve read with links to any comments I would make of that particular play. At this time I have no idea how the project will go, nor if it will actually lead me through the entire corpus of Shakespeare’s plays. Thus I began with The Two Gentlemen of Verona. I wanted to go back, start with something not too serious or challenging, and work my way through the whole corpus. ![]() I hadn’t read a Shakespeare play since 1959, 50 years ago! But I had read nearly all of them in college. General Note: In January 2009 I decided that I’d like to go back and read all the plays of William Shakespeare, perhaps one a month if that works out. Book review - King Henry V By William Shakespeare KING HENRY THE FIFTH By William Shakespeare ![]()
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