Cary Utterberg - Henry V at the Guthrie
Cary Utterberg - Henry V at the Guthrie CaryUtterberg.com words and space, selected and arranged Home What's New Songs Lyrics Sonnets Short Stories Children's Stories Reviews Stand-up Tragedy My Neuroses Chess Theory Chess Combinations Advertisements Links next Shakespeare's Henry V presented by the Guthrie Theater and the Acting Company Henry V is the play with which Shakespeare provided closure for his long series of histories. In the obvious sense, the plot bonds the cycle Richard II/Henry IV with the earlier series Henry VI/Richard III ; but the growth of Henry as a ruler--as a character embracing his destiny, however painful--is the culmination of the history plays in a more substantial sense.