Tymescythe Theatre Presents

HENRY V by William Shakespeare

1-4 March 2023 | The Theatre in the Church

Directed by Tom Fynn

Costumes: Sue McNeil | Ceri Baker | Bath Theatrical

Music: The Tymescythe Theatre Band

We present Shakespeare’s epic play about England’s great warrior King Henry V, Harry of Monmouth.

A play about courage and imagination, and the glory and pity of war.

The famously hard drinking, fun-loving prince Hal has succeeded to the throne. Against expectation, the new king is revealed as a brilliant, single-minded leader. He is set on asserting his rights in France.

The French laugh at the new King’s claims to the French throne. They mock his inexperience and youth with a gift of tennis balls.

Harry deftly and stylishly wipes out a treasonous plot in England, and then sets out to turn tennis balls into cannon balls in France…