...Making of Henry V, National Film and Television Archive, British Film Institute, London, 8009740AA) and A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs...scene. Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, s Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels (Leashed in, like hounds) should famine, sword and fire...

...this play — a theme of brilliance and flashing optimism, heroism and success — Shakespeare writes: Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. (Henry V, Prologue, i)...

...is limiting the freedom of reference from the events on the stage back to ordinary everyday reality. A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. (Henry V, Prologue,3—4) This does not simply demand an acceptance of certain dramatic conventions,...

...context in which the actors function. The representational aspects of performance are reiterated in: A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! (1.Chorus.3-4)5 and the sense of role-playing is explicitly emphasised through a sequence of similes....

...reality' (Wilson Knight). Macbeth's words at this critical moment echo the 'wooden O' passage in Henry V: A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. 'Prologue', 'swelling', 'act' and 'the imperial theme' are all there. The Chorus in Henry Fis calling...

...job it was to read and select play scripts for Drury Lane, cleverly quoted the Prologue from Henry V ('A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, / And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!') in support of this de facto monopoly; Shakespeare, he declared, should be performed 'only in the noblest...

...is limiting the freedom of reference from the events on the stage back to ordinary everyday reality. A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. (Henry V, Prologue, 3-4) This does not simply demand an acceptance of certain dramatic conventions,...

...METROPOLIS: ILLEGITIMATE PERFORMANCES OF SHAKESPEARE IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY LONDON JANE MOODY 'A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, / And monarchs to behold the swelling scene.'1 Such was Shakespeare's description of the theatrical space in which he wished his plays to...

...Optoelectronics: Theory and Practice. Bedford, UK: Texas Instruments Ltd, 1976. Six-Wire Telegraph O! for a Muse of Fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of...to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. . . . can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram within this wooden O the very...

...establish a more intimate interrelation between performer and audience, he continued: 54 Oh for a muse of fire! That would ascend The brightest heaven of...to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene . . . Shakespeare . . . leading off in Henry the Fifth ... all right for him, but for me - well, princes...