Simon Schama
Sat 4 Jun 2016
Hay Festival
Talking About Shakespeare: This Blessed Plot, This Earth, This Realm, This England
The historian was set alight by Shakespeare鈥檚 muse of fire when he first saw Henry V as a child. He examines Shakespeare鈥檚 making of the myths of England. He hymns the Histories, the kings and the commoners, the band of brothers, and the spirit of Shakespeare鈥檚 greatest knight, Sir John Falstaff.
The historian was set alight by Shakespeare鈥檚 muse of fire when he first saw Henry V as a child. He examines Shakespeare鈥檚 making of the myths of England. He hymns the Histories, the kings and the commoners, the band of brothers, and the spirit of Shakespeare鈥檚 greatest knight, Sir John Falstaff.
