Henry V
“If we are to represent Shakespeare by only one play, it ought to be the complete “Henry IV” plays.” Harold Bloom, Literary Scholar (1)
Kenneth Branagh was in his 20s when he made Henry V, his first feature film, and he was already being anticipated to be the next Laurence Olivier: a classically trained actor who could make Shakespeare accessible to contemporary audiences. Instead, as an actor, Branagh moved into a career of acting in Hollywood films and…