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This is a shortened version of the text of Henry V as printed in the First Folio of Shakespeare’s works (1623). It differs from the original in three principal respects. Most noticeably, all the Choruses are divided amongst the company, and in this text the speakers are simply indicated by numbers. Mistress Quickly’s account of the death of Falstaff is omitted, since it alludes to events of earlier plays, not to this one. And on the night before Agincourt, the scenes in the English camp are performed simultaneously with an earlier scene for the French nobles.

We are very grateful to Angie Kendall for her help in preparing this edition.

Edward Hall and Roger Warren

A NOTE ON VIOLENCE

The violence in the play is presented symbolically rather than realistically. The executions and beatings, for example, are dramatized by the use of punch-bags or by musical effects.

King Henry: the night before Agincourt

The King rallies his troops

Princess Katherine takes her bath