The GUTHRIE THEATER and
THE ACTING COMPANY to co-produce and tour
William Shakespeare's
directed by Davis McCallum
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Matthew Amendt in Henry V.
All Henry V Photos by Michal Daniel. |
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Minneapolis’
Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company have chosen Henry V
for their first national tour and
co-production.
Young,
restless and ambitious, Henry V inherits a troubled crown and seeks to secure
his position at home by turning the country’s attention abroad, launching a
hasty invasion of France. Shakespeare’s charismatic warrior King’s aggressive
pursuit of the French crown earns him iconic status,uniting England and France
and briefly banishing the civil
strife that will long outlive him.
This
Shakespearean epic follows Henry and his men through the brutality of warfare as
the ragtag band confronts heavy opposition and their own destinies. Directed by
Davis McCallum, the play expertly balances the thrilling heroics of battle with
the painful and complex reactions of men who are sometimes unsure of the justice
of their cause as an unnamed Chorus offers running commentary on their action…a
rousing, fascinating story of the power of courage and the price of glory.
"Once more unto the
breach, dear friends..."
With the presentation of
Shakespeare's Henry V, The Acting Company will present
The Spy
by James Fenimore
Cooper, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the very first espionage novel, and continue its 35-year tradition of
bringing touring classical productions, talented young actors and teaching
artists into communities across America.
Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Jesse L. Martin, Frances
Conroy, David Ogden Stiers, Jeffrey Wright and Rainn Wilson are but a handful of
actors whose careers have been developed by The Acting Company. Honored by the
TONY Awards for Excellence in Theater, the Company has won the Obie, Audelco,
Citibank’s Excellence in Education and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.
Since its founding by the legendary John
Houseman and Margot Harley in 1972, The Acting Company has performed 131
productions touring to 48 states and ten foreign countries.
See for yourself what makes The Acting
Company – winner of a TONY Award for Excellence in Theater the
most respected
and praised touring repertory theater in America.
Read Reviews HENRY V in New York
The New York Times
The King, All Grown Up and Ready to Wage Battle
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
A mocking gift of tennis balls and a bit of enforced leek-eating
are not the usual takeaway moments from Shakespeare’s
“Henry V.” The title character’s rousing speech to his
beleaguered band of brothers just before the battle at Agincourt is of
course the play’s most famous set piece. But those comic
bookends were received with warm enjoyment over the weekend at
the New Victory Theater....
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Backstage
Theatermania
Watch VIDEO of selected scenes of Henry V:
Henry V Scene 1 The Dauphin's Insulting Gift (1 min.
18 sec.)
Henry V Scene 2 Confrontation Against Treason
(1 min. 40 sec.)
Henry V Scene 3 Siege of Harfleur (2 min.)
Read Article in Star Tribune, January 10, 2009
MATT
AMENDT: YOUNG ACTOR IN ROYALE ROLE
Click here for Interview with Matt Amendt on
playing Henry
V at the Guthrie Theater:
http://www.guthrietheater.org/amendt_henry_v_interview
Left photo: Matthew Amendt.
Middle photo: Matthew Amendt and Freddy
Arsenault (background William Sturdivant).
Right photo: Robert Michael McClure and Matthew
Amendt with members of The Acting Company.
Poster Design by Kevin Sprague
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