Henry V
William Shakespeare
The Pear Theatre
“Therefore take heed how you impawn one person,
How you awake our sleeping sword of war.
We charge you in the name of God, take heed;
For never two such kingdoms did contend
Without much fall of blood.”
The King who looks squarely, calmly, and bluntly into the eyes of the Archbishop of Canterbury – a man willing to deposit huge amounts of Church money to persuade the King to battle hated France – this King is clearly not the same Prince Hal who once spent his nights in the dark alleys and bars of London with his rotund, rascally pal, Sir John Falstaff, as detailed in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts One and Two. No, the once rabble-rousing Hal has quickly matured upon the death of his father to become a young king of steady mind and steely resolve. That becomes immediately clear as soon as Jennifer Le Blanc enters the intimate stage of The Pear Theatre as the recently crowned Henry V for a bare-bones production of Henry V that is grand in scope and effect.
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Rating: 5 E
A Theatre Eddys Best Bet Production
Henry V continues through May 11, 2025, in a two-hour, fifteen-minute (plus intermission) performance by The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida, Suite A, Mountain View, CA. Tickets are available at https://www.thepear.org/.
Photo Credit: Christian Pizzirani
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