The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.0890  Friday, 6 May 2005

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Date:           Friday, 6 May 2005 09:18:01 -0400
Subject:        Henry V, Hamlet, and Kingdom of Heaven

An Epic Bloodletting Empowered by Faith
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Published: May 6, 2005 NY Times

"In this context, Balian initially comes across as a kind of ecumenical
Hamlet, pondering not death but belief, and then, when forced to protect
Jerusalem against Muslim troops, a proto Henry V who rallies the
faithful with yet another iteration of the St. Crispin Day's speech."

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/movies/06king.html?8dpc

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