Shakespeare’s Henry V

[Charles Fout]

Sometimes I take courses outside of my program. As Henry V is my favorite Shakespeare, I signed up for this one. I wish it made sense for me to travel to Chicago to participate in the symposium.

This course, like all of my Basic Program classes, is non-credit. Learning for the sake of learning. I am loving the experience.



"King Henry V is one of Shakespeare’s great English histories, the final play in his so-called “Henriad” or “Major Tetralogy,” composed and first produced in the 1590s. At the center of the play is the maneuvering of the young king on the grandest possible stage, as he builds support for an invasion of France, foils a treasonous plot, leads a military campaign that culminates in the shocking English triumph at the Battle of Agincourt, secures the inheritance of the French crown and woos his future queen, the French princess Katherine."

https://graham.uchicago.edu/course/shakespeares-henry-v/

"This course will immediately precede the Basic Program’s one-day Symposium on Henry V but all are welcome to take the course."