Henry V

Playwright Lloyd Suh reimagines the political intrigue and high drama of Henry V for twenty-first-century audiences. 

Shakespeare¢s Henry V is a play about nationalism, war, and how we remember history. Known for its rousing speeches and miraculous outcomes, the play has long had a life beyond the stage and page, its themes and rhetoric common points of reference in politics. In this modern translation of Henry V, Lloyd Suh has created a new interpretation that is distinctly his own while protecting the mystery of Shakespeare¢s drama. Suh¢s translation focuses on the actors and the staging, channeling the theatrical nature of Shakespeare¢s play for a new audience.  

This translation of Henry V was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival¢s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the Bard¢s work in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare¢s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print¢"a new First Folio for a new era.