Judi Dench & Robert Hardy - "Henry V" (BBC), Part 1

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15 жыл бұрын

William Shakespeare's History Plays - produced by the BBC. The 1960's series "An Age of Kings". BBC; all rights reserved. Originally broadcast for television in 1960.
Here, "Henry V", King Henry (Robert Hardy) attempts to afford England the benefit of power over France, with the undercurrent of answering his hearts overwhelming desire to have Princess Katherine (Judi Dench) as his soverign queen and love.

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@mckavitt13 5 жыл бұрын

Judi Dench & Robert Hardy so young here!! Such beauty in their youth... so wise. What great Shakespeareans! Robert Hardy is missed. R.I.P.

@TheBobPeyton 7 жыл бұрын

RIP Robert Hardy 3/8/17- a wonderful actor

@Siyestrietza 6 жыл бұрын

3:21 you can really hear Siegfried Farnon coming through in his speech there.

@apemantus67 7 жыл бұрын

An Age of Kings was the first thing I thought of when I heard the news of his passing. Sad news, indeed. :(

@tm502010 5 ай бұрын

Such natural means with French, Judi Dench truly was extraordinary, even then!

@debfisher6096 4 жыл бұрын

I love the way he straightens his hair (wig?) before he starts talking to her.

@Concetta20 3 жыл бұрын

He is SO retroactively Siegfried Farnon here. “Take me by the hand *snap*”. Love it.

@imasinnerimasaint 11 жыл бұрын

Shakespeare did seem to have few scruples about changing history in order to make his plays work better, so I think you're probably right that it was a theatrical device on his part. You know, I originally watched this because it was a case of "Wow! Look how young JD is!" Recently, though, I've been watching a lot of All Creatures Great and Small, and of course I know RH from S&S and HP as well, so it's a case now of "Wow! Look how young RH is!" :D Brilliant actors, both of them.

@g.reynolds5610 3 жыл бұрын

Wow - Robert Hardy was always one of my TOP TEIR actors - I like Judi Dench in As Time Goes By - and Shakespeare in Love - Cats should have been left alone...

@dawnbetrus 11 жыл бұрын

such a grand actress!

@al1936ful 14 жыл бұрын

That's Judi Dench playing Katherine - she was excellent even back then.

@englishlady9797 6 жыл бұрын

She was also in Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V, as Mistress Quickly.

@pavelb1 12 жыл бұрын

Apparently M has been involved in government intrigues for longer than I thought.

@imasinnerimasaint 11 жыл бұрын

According to Wikipedia: From the 12th century until the 15th century, the courts used three languages. Latin was used for writing, Norman French was the main oral language during the trial, and English was used in less formal exchanges between the judge, the lawyer, the complainant or the witnesses. The judge gave his sentence orally in Norman, which was then written in Latin. Only in the lowest level of the manorial courts were trials entirely in English.

@Concetta20 3 жыл бұрын

Dang they burn the celluloid with their spark. 😉

@FireEyedMaidOfWar 13 жыл бұрын

Well, one thing is certain: There will never be want of actors in England who can creditably declare that age cannot do any mischief to their outward appearance, because their father had a mind of civil wars, when they were begotten; but I wonder if the box of Pandora has in it the rest of the play as a gift to the world. Seeing the wooing of Henry is lovely but the rest of the play should not be missing for in it Shakespeare ends his the prodigal son plays, Richard II and Henry IV.

@1goodvibrations 13 жыл бұрын

always loved this scene! does anyone have any part of paul daneman's richard III, or scenes with jack may as the duke of york?

@effyleven 12 жыл бұрын

Good, weren't they? Hmmm... very good!

@mares3841 8 ай бұрын

💛

@imasinnerimasaint 11 жыл бұрын

Continued quote from Wikipedia: During the 15th century English became the main spoken language. But Latin and French continued to be exclusively used in official legal documents until the beginning of the 18th century. --- Henry V reigned in the early 15th century, so French was starting to be less common, but it's highly unlikely that Henry wouldn't have known it. By Shakespeare's time the commonly used language WAS English - although both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I spoke French fluently.

@mojosbigsticks 6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say no.

@imasinnerimasaint 13 жыл бұрын

Odd, this, since French was actually the official language of the English court at this point. There should be no language difference. However, great to see Judi here.

@christianpatriot7439 3 жыл бұрын

Not really. English was an official language that could be used in Parliament beginning either with Edward I or III (I can't remember which). English was also considered Richard II's mother tongue (he used it when he met with Wat Tyler during the Peasants' Rebellion), and Henry V used English exclusively to conduct government business while at home. French began going out of use following the Black Death of the mid-14th century. For some reason the clergy and the law courts were hit especially hard. So the surviving/replacement clergy didn't know Latin and the judges/lawyers didn't know French. English became the only language the church, the nobility and the politicians all had in common.

@baldevis 10 жыл бұрын

What's going on with the closed caption text here? Was some computer program attempting to transcribe it? It's complete gibberish.

@imasinnerimasaint 11 жыл бұрын

As did James VI and I.

@themansayz 11 жыл бұрын

Starting at 00:44 does anyone see a very young Patrick Stewart?

@brookeggleston9314 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Hats to the left and right, as well as one below him!! I hesitate to remark on their youth, since I was only twelve!!

@imasinnerimasaint 11 жыл бұрын

...that she would make no trouble about the arrangements made with her father. While she couldn't actually veto a marriage between herself and another man, sometimes a daughter could persuade her father out of it, depending on the relationship. So wooing Catherine would have made the contract more secure. The quote is from dubdubdub dot aginc dot net, somewhere on that site. I can't give a link.

@christianpatriot7439 3 жыл бұрын

Next to John surrendering England to the Pope, this has to be the stupidest move ever made by an English King.

@imasinnerimasaint 11 жыл бұрын

Also: "One of Shakespeare's greatest love scenes is in Act 5, Scene 2. Unfortunately, it couldn't have happened that way. First, although English had replaced French as the official court language, Henry spoke fluent French. Second, one did not “woo” a noble lady in those times. One figured out how to arrange a marriage. While Catherine, historically, seemed rather pleased by her marriage to Henry, she had no say in the matter." As to the second point, I think he just wanted to make sure...

@englishlady9797 6 жыл бұрын

Wikipedia can be good, but it's unreliable here. It's a myth that Medieval women 'had no say' in who they married. The church was strict on the law of free consent in marriage for both parties at this time, indeed the lack of it was one of only a few grounds on which divorce could be permitted.

@themansayz 11 жыл бұрын

Was this also the case in the age of Shakespeare? If it was maybe it was a theatrical device for a less educated audience.