Cultural depictions of Henry V of England

Henry V of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times.

Literature

Henry V is the subject of the eponymous play by William Shakespeare, which largely concentrates on his campaigns in France.
He is also a central character in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, where Shakespeare dramatises him as "Prince Hal", a wanton youth.
He appears in Falstaff's Wedding (1760) by William Kenrick, a sequel to Henry IV, Part 2.

Film

Henry has been portrayed on screen by:

Laurence Olivier in Shakespeare's Henry V (1944), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor
Dan O'Herlihy in The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), with Tony Curtis
Keith Baxter in Chimes at Midnight (1965), a merger of several Shakespeare plays
Kenneth Branagh in Shakespeare's Henry V (1989), reprising his stage role with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Television

Henry has been portrayed a number of times on television, mainly in versions of Shakespeare's plays. He has been played by:

Robert Hardy in the BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III
Lars Lind in Henrik IV (1964), a Swedish version of Henry IV
David Gwillim in the BBC Shakespeare versions of both parts of Henry IV and Henry V (1979)
Michael Pennington in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses (1989), which included all of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare Company
Jonathan Firth in a BBC film, Henry IV (1995), a version of Shakespeare's plays
Martin Clunes in the BBC humorous film The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)
Tom Hiddleston in the BBC's The Hollow Crown series of television films including: Richard II, Henry IV - Part 1 & Henry IV - Part 2 (2012)

Video games

King Henry V is a non-playable character in the video game Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War, in which he is a primary backing ally to the renowned Black Prince of England.

Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs

Kingdom of the English 886–1066	Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Athelstan the Glorious¹ Edmund the Magnificent¹ Eadred¹ Eadwig the Fair¹ Edgar the Peaceable¹ Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Forkbeard Edmund Ironside Cnut¹ Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold Godwinson Edgar the Ætheling

Kingdom of England 1066–1649	William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II² Henry the Young King Richard I John² Henry III² Edward I² Edward II² Edward III² Richard II² Henry IV² Henry V² Henry VI² Edward IV² Edward V² Richard III² Henry VII² Henry VIII² Edward VI² Jane² Mary I² with Philip² Elizabeth I ² James I³ Charles I³

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–1659	Oliver Cromwell⁴ Richard Cromwell⁴

Kingdom of England 1660–1707	Charles II³ James II³ William III and Mary II³ Anne³

Kingdom of Scotland 843–1707 (traditional)	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI ⁵ Charles I⁵ Charles II⁵ James VII⁵ Mary II⁵ William II⁵ Anne⁵

British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707	Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

¹Overlord of Britain. ²Also ruler of Ireland. ³Also ruler of Scotland. ⁴Lord Protector. ⁵Also ruler of England. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.

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