Following his groundbreaking production of Richard III, Artistic Director Edward Hall opens the fall season with Henry V. From the evocative opening line, 鈥淥 for a Muse of Fire,鈥� the play includes some of Shakespeare鈥檚 most famous speeches and stirring poetry. Hall explores the thrill and destructive power of war, examining nationalism at its most dangerous and seductive. Prior to taking the helm of CST as artistic director in October 2023, Hall staged acclaimed productions of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays in London鈥檚 West End, New York, and on tour around the globe as the founder and artistic director of Propeller Shakespeare.
鈥�Henry V remains one of the most revealing plays about war, nationalism, the consequences of both, and our need for common causes to bind us together,鈥� says Hall. 鈥淭here has never been a more prescient moment to explore our reflex for conflict through the prism of a story that contains some of the greatest writing in the English language.鈥�
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