Henry IV has died. Decades of civil war have left a scarred and divided kingdom, and the inexperienced Prince Hal has inherited the throne.
When the new King Henry receives a humiliating insult from across the Channel, he launches England into a full-scale war with France. Is this a masterstroke of military strategy or the reckless pride of a petulant child?
Vastly outnumbered in the fields of France, one decisive battle cements the name of Henry V in history books. But will he be remembered as a national hero or a historic disaster? Shakespeare’s Henry V comes to life in this classical staging of one of his greatest masterpieces.