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Then by goodness, you need to change that<\/a>.\u00a0 A BBC production \u2013 never anything less than stellar \u2013 takes the plays Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, and Henry V (known to scholars as The Henriad<\/em>), and gives them more than a respectable telling.\u00a0 It\u2019s not too awash in modern PC sensitivities, and the productions try to remain faithful to the telling.\u00a0 Better for non-Shakespeare types, the text is delivered in a more conversational tone that is often associated with Shakespearian theater.\u00a0 The guys are squatting in the mud, dirt on their faces, speaking in Shakespeare\u2019s English the way Americans Tweet and Text.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The caliber of acting doesn\u2019t hurt either.\u00a0 With the likes of Patrick Stewart, John Hurt, the always reliable Jeremy Irons, and David Morrisey among others (you\u2019ve seen him as the Governor on The Walking Dead<\/em>), you can\u2019t go wrong.\u00a0 And it doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 Again, the pacing, sets, costumes are all a mix of what recent Hollywood productions have made us expect, without going overboard into the Xena, Warrior Princess<\/em> schlock.\u00a0 And when there is\u00a0 key line, or phrase, or speech, even though the intention is to keep the dialogue low-key, the series does a good job of adding just a touch of dramatic flair, as if to say \u2018we know you\u2019ve been waiting for it.\u2019\u00a0 For instance<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he\u2019ll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb\u2019red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne\u2019er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne\u2019er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs\u2019d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin\u2019s day.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ah Richard Winters, we miss you. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"