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Henry V by William Shakespeare The Nashville Shakespeare Festival EDUCATOR’S GUIDEBOOK Henry V By William Shakespeare Directed by Nat McIntyre/Costume Design by June Kingsbury Set Design by Morgan Matens/Lighting Design by Anne Willigham Music by The Princely Players Fight Choreography by Eric Pasto Crosby Education Sponsor: Table of Contents Note from the Education Director, Nettie Kraft Note from the Director, Nat McIntyre Henry V Synopsis by Nettie Kraft Setting the Scene by Katie Stueckle Henry V Dramaturgy by Chad Morgan Shakespeare at a glance The Hammer of the Gauls by Hugh Inman Classroom Activities Discussion Ideas and Questions Use of Verse and Prose by Emma Reynolds Design and Activities Shakespeare’s Ups and Downs by Dr. Ann Jennalie Cook Additional Teacher Resources Apprentice Company Training Sponsor Page Locus of Control Worksheet State Standards Project Menu Note from the Education Director Hello! I am so excited to welcome you into our 28th annual Shakespeare in the Park! This year’s production of Henry V at the bandshell at Centennial Park should prove to be a wonderful theatrical experience. Long live outdoor theater! This guidebook is to help teachers and students with classroom instruction and generate a healthy curiosity about Shakespeare, the process of theatre, and this play in particular. You will find a synopsis, historical information, lesson plans, links to additional resources such as videos and books, a map to the park, and explanations of various design and directorial choices for Henry V. Whether your class is just beginning to read Henry V or has already finished the play the guidebook serves as a tool to prepare for viewing the work as it was meant to be, on stage, with you in the audience. If you have any further questions I am always happy to help! To book a workshop or matinee reservation for our Winter Shakes Show, King Lear, you may reach me at [email protected]. Enjoy the show! Nettie Kraft, Education Director Note from the Director I started visiting Nashville in 2002 and moved here in 2013. During my visits I could never quite figure out what it was that drew me to this city. It was while gathering stories in 2008, for a project called The Nashville 9, that I realized what it was. This city doesn’t just have everything, it has everyone. And because it has everyone it is a place where people have learned to speak to those with differing opinions with respect and an open heart. Now, for Henry V and why I set it on a divided Middle Tennessee farm in the Civil War. Well, Henry V is a story of reluctant brotherhood. The story of an unlikely leader bringing together everyone. Throughout this play Henry speaks, and more importantly listens, to monarchs, gentleman, officers, enlisted men, conservatives, liberals, drunks, clergy, men, women, and children. This play needed a setting where people were together in spite of inherent differences. That was Middle Tennessee then and now. It is his interactions with all of these people that give him the strength to lead in the face of great odds. And it is this interaction that makes us want to be lead by a person like Henry. We needed Henrys very badly after the Civil War and we still need them today. There are ways we still struggle to move forward. In an early meeting with Robert Hicks, author of The Widow Of The South, he shared with me how important he felt it was that we go back to The Civil War to help us move forward and heal as a country. It was exciting to think to go back to where many different voices started and attempt to listen to them differently. As I read Henry V over and over I began to realize that the fight I was interested in examining most was the fight that began after The Civil War. The fight to keep a fractured country together. So, when we you hear Henry say “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…” this evening my hope is that you not only think of the acts of valour that men and women of the Confederacy and Union displayed, but also the courage that it took and takes to engage and listen to different sides in our divided country after the war. And when you hear “We few, we happy few. We band of brothers.” I hope you will realize you are in that band and perhaps you are one of the Henrys this country needs. To conclude, I would like to say that the only reason I chose to make Henry a Union soldier was because I wanted to highlight how unlikely a leader he was. There are “heroes” and “villains” on each side of this conflict throughout and we never know where they may come from. Enjoy the show! Nat McIntyre, Director Henry V Synopsis by Nettie Kraft Act I On an occupied Nashville farm a family nurses their wounded Union soldier son much to the disgust of their other son, a Confederate. In order to cope with circumstances the family, slaves, and soldiers perform Henry V. Exeter and Westmoreland comment on King Henry’s changed nature and talk turns to the impending war with France. Canterbury contests the Salique Law forbidding rule to be handed down through female lines because it would deny Henry and England their land and Kingship in France. The Ambassadors from France arrive to tell Henry that the Dauphin, the Prince of France, will admit no claim to Dukedoms in France and insults Henry by offering him baseballs instead. Henry declares war and preparations are begun. Bardolph, Pistol, and Nym, the King’s unsavory and quarrelsome friends from youth, hear that Falstaff has died and leave to fight in France. Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey are revealed to be spies for France and sent to death before Henry sets sail. In France the King and Dauphin prepare for battle as Exeter arrives with messages from Henry. As the battle at Harfleur encroaches Henry rouses his troops but Bardoplph, Pistol, and Nym must be forced by the Welshman Fluellen to go and fight. Fluellen and MacMorris argue about tactics and Harlfeur yields to the English. Exeter takes over the city and Henry soon leaves for Calais. The King of France sends troops to Harfleur to retake the city but forces the hotheaded Dauphin to remain with him. Princess Katherine attempts the English language with her nurse, Alice. Bardolph has been arrested for theft and Pistol begs Fluellen for his friend’s life. MacMorris tells Fluellen that Pistol is as bad as Bardolph and when Henry arrives he denies Bardolph mercy but orders that English soldiers do not abuse the French they conquer. Montjoy arrives to deliver a message from the King of France. Henry agrees to not go after the King but will return to Calais and recuperate. As the Dauphin and French Lords brag of horses and armor a message arrives that Henry’s army has camped nearby and the battle looms. Act II________________________________________________________________________________ The disheartened and outnumbered English army prepares for battle in the morning as Henry, disguised, walks the camp gauging the loyalties and attitudes of his soldiers. He finds Pistol a hothead, Fluellen gruff but smart, and makes a bet with Williams that Henry will never be ransomed. The morning breaks and the French move to fight. They have five fresh soldiers to every tired one of England’s but Henry says the glorious few who fight today are his brothers and those who stayed at home will regret not being at the great battle of Agincourt. Mountjoy comes again to ask for Henry’s ransom. Henry denies him and the battle begins. Pistol captures a Frenchman and ransoms him. The boys lament Pistol’s lack of character and go to guard the luggage. The Dauphin’s army is in disarray and Henry is given a list of his dead noblemen. Fluellen arrives to tell of the French theft of the luggage and slaughter of the young boys. Henry orders the killing of all French prisoners. Mountjoy arrives to ask permission to bury the French dead and informs Henry that the English have won the day. The bet between disguised Henry and Williams is turned into a practical joke including Fluellen. The dead are listed and Henry leaves to bury them. Fluellen beats Pistol for mocking leeks and after Pistol swears to return to England and steal for a living, claiming that the scars from Fluellen’s beating were from battle. The Chorus tells of Henry’s triumphant welcome in London and then his return to France to mend the relations between the countries. As the King and Lords discuss peace Henry woos his cousin, Princess Katherine, and despite language differences the marriage is agreed to and peace is attained. The Chorus begs for everlasting peace between the countries. Setting the Scene by Katie Stueckle In 1864, the Confederate army could see defeat looming on the horizon. The tide of war had turned, and they were under-supplied, homesick, and exhausted. After losing yet another battle, the weary army started to set up camp, just wanting to lick its wounds and gather together the remaining soldiers. They chose to settle on a modest Tennessee farm. The farm, scarred by fire over the course of the war, still supported its broken little family. Just like the States, the household had been split by war- the father of the house and the elder son had gone to fight for the Confederacy, while the younger son went to the Union and the mother of the house remained at the farm with her daughter and two slaves.
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