{"title":"Review of Shakespeare’s Henry V (Directed by Max Webster for the Donmar Warehouse), Streamed to Cinemas by NT Live, 21 April 2022","authors":"Katherine Hipkiss","doi":"10.1080/17450918.2022.2159506","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Max Webster ’ s 2022 production of Henry V for the Donmar Warehouse (and streamed by NT Live) was about power, though this power was not necessarily Henry ’ s. There was the power of Kit Harrington as star player; the power of language and its use as a colonising tool; and the power asserted over bodies (especially women ’ s bodies). The production both challenged and reinforced these power dynamics, and whilst there were fascinating moments that cri-tiqued the political machismo at the centre of this history play, there were also moments that reinforced the star player narrative and embodied the imbalances it was seeking to redress.","PeriodicalId":42802,"journal":{"name":"Shakespeare","volume":"19 1","pages":"414 - 418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Shakespeare","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17450918.2022.2159506","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Max Webster ’ s 2022 production of Henry V for the Donmar Warehouse (and streamed by NT Live) was about power, though this power was not necessarily Henry ’ s. There was the power of Kit Harrington as star player; the power of language and its use as a colonising tool; and the power asserted over bodies (especially women ’ s bodies). The production both challenged and reinforced these power dynamics, and whilst there were fascinating moments that cri-tiqued the political machismo at the centre of this history play, there were also moments that reinforced the star player narrative and embodied the imbalances it was seeking to redress.
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Shakespeare is a major peer-reviewed journal, publishing articles drawn from the best of current international scholarship on the most recent developments in Shakespearean criticism. Its principal aim is to bridge the gap between the disciplines of Shakespeare in Performance Studies and Shakespeare in English Literature and Language. The journal builds on the existing aim of the British Shakespeare Association, to exploit the synergies between academics and performers of Shakespeare.
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