Just because I also love this piece:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
It is stunningly beautiful.
A reminder of a time when gentlemen had manhood.
Thanks Chris for the reminder.
Good point and one hellva win!
It is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cRj01LShXN8
Oddly, Branagh did it so much better than either Burton or Olivier’s stilted rescitations.
Droll also because Hank’s army was mostly of non-English speaking mercenary Welsh pikemen and archers, following a redheaded Welsh prince who was madly in love with war.
Still, one of the greatest ever.