The Second Henriad
Thu, Jan 30
|Oddfellows Hall
Time & Location
Jan 30, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Oddfellows Hall, 520 Dana St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA
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The Second Henriad, is a series of history plays that is William Shakespeare’s finest achievement as a political writer, and exemplifies his talent for depicting matters of state.
John Frey will be your guide as you travel through this ambitious telling of this classic that portrays the making of King.
Taken together, these works offer a strikingly intimate portrait of Prince Hal (later King Henry V), the cycle’s central figure. Sessions 1 and 2 feature showings of Richard II and Henry IV (Part I). Sessions 1 and 2 will be offered as a single course.
Sessions 3 and 4, including Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V, will follow at a later date. All enrollees will receive a 95-page syllabus covering both courses which includes biographies of Shakespeare and the principal characters, as well as an anatomy, synopsis, analysis and historical background of…