Henry V
Sign in to saveAlso known as King Henry V, Life of Henry the Fifth, The Life of Henry the Fifth, The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Life of King Henry the Fifth
play by Shakespeare
Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
- #1521
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Genre
- historical play
- Country of origin
- England
- Image
- Henry v title page.jpg
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- Commons category
- Henry V (play)
- language of work or name
- English language
- location of first performance
- Globe Theatre
- inception
- 1599-00-00
- title
- The Life of Henry the Fifth
- form of creative work
- play
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
Title page of the first quarto (1600)
The Life of Henry the Fifth, often shortened to Henry V, is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written circa 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. In the First Quarto text, it was titled The Cronicle History of Henry the fift , and The Life of Henry the Fifth in the First Folio text.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry V” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.