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[edit] St. Crispin's Day Speech

Is the "most quoted" speech really the "Once more unto the breach..."? Here in the USA I'd warrant that you are much more likely to hear selected bits from "This day is called the feast of Crispian..." in Act IV, scene ii (I think...) Ellsworth 16:11, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

I would concur. john k 17:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
It was a New Page today, but now new made a redirect here. Good my Lords, it were well to parse it prettily here some where. --Wetman 07:08, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Not in England, I'd warrant. "Once more unto the breech..." is better known, perhaps because it is a full-bodied rallying cry that manages to stir our ever-so-reserved patriotism. "Cry god for Harry, England, and Saint George!", indeed. MJSchofield 12:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I removed the link to the St Crispin's day speech, since that page now redirects here. I was somewhat surprised; the speech probably could support a whole page and it's barely touched on here. Matt Deres 20:15, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

We've got the the St. Crispin's Day speech in the article twice, once under 'Performance History' and a major exceprt under 'Synopsis'. I think one of them should be deleted. But which one? In comparison, the passage 'Once more into the breach ... or close up the wall with a bunch of dead British guys' :-) is talked about in the talk page but it absent in the article. Which St. Crispin's reference should we axe? KeithJonsn (talk) 06:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Branagh image

I've started to whip this puppy into shape by adding a number of images and a few internal wikilinks. Anyhow, there is a small problem with the Branagh image in this article. I've seen the film, but it was years ago, who is the man in the blue tunic on the left in that image? I can identify Branagh and Brian Blessed, but I cann't figure out the other guy. Are there any othner notable actors in the image? *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 04:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed that for you. AndyJones 09:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mission Accomplished Speech Comparisson

I must take issue with the comparison of George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech (5/1/03) with the St. Crispian speech. The latter was given prior to the battle, while the former was a statement of a previously achieved victory. They are not similar in form, nor in their chronology in the timeline of battle.

[edit] Band of Brothers

I'd have to take another look at the scene, but I don't believe the speech given by a surrendering Gernman general in "Points" is the St. Crispin's Day speech. One of the other characters, Liebgott, translates the speech as it is being orated. The two might be similar, but it would be a stretch to link them together. Kbrooks 22:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clarence & Huntingdon

While adding the mysteriously vanished Monsieur le Fer (the French soldier who Pistol captures) to the Dramatis Personae, I also notice that the Duke of Clarence and Earl of Huntingdon are also missing. This is a more interesting question - they have no lines, but are given stage directions and referred to by name in the text. They only appear in Act V, Scene II, the peace negotiations. The stage direction is "Enter, at one door, King Henry, Exeter, Bedford, Gloucester, Clarence, Warwick, Westmoreland, Huntingdon and other lords[...]" and later, Henry says "Brother, we shall go. Go, uncle Exeter, And brother Clarence, and you, brother Gloucester, Warwick, and Huntingdon, go with the King..." and exeunt all except Henry, Katharine and Alice.

Should non-speaking parts, however high-ranking and referred to by name, go in as Dramatis Personae or not? Brickie 12:00, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

  • I don't mind if they are. Maybe just say (non-speaking) next to them. Wrad 16:41, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
    • I'd say include them: they appear at List of Shakespearean characters (I know, because I put them there). Interestingly Clarence isn't mute in the Quarto version of Henry V, because he has the part which we think of as Bedford's (source: Ard3 p.116). AndyJones 17:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "ridiculing the Iraq invasion."

The article mentions, currently, that the 2003 National Theatre production "[ridiculed] the Iraq invasion." I saw that production. It used the backdrop of the Iraq invasion, but I don't recall it ridiculing it at all. Anyone else see it and care to comment? 88.105.12.21 22:27, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I have never heard of that. Astrastarr 01:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I think you should feel free to remove it, if there's no source to support the statement. AndyJones 08:46, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Henry v dvd.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)