Scene 11 [[ Resource not found ]] This scene is relatively straightforward but also quite clever. There are two kinds of Frenchmen in the scene: ones who fear Henry and ones who arrogantly mock him. The Dauphin and the Constable are in the latter party. The French king is in the former and is joined by the returning archbishop of Bruges and the fearful messenger from Harfleur. To keep the production true to the nationalistic agenda of the Queen's Men, the SQM performance played up this division since both attitudes enhance our impression of Henry V if in different ways. The French King's fear of the English king makes Henry V appear all the more mighty, and the Dauphin's arrogant pride makes us all imagine the fall we know is coming. The scene thus helps to whip the audience up into a patriotic anticipation of English victory. The production annotations in this scene document the specific acting choices made in order to achieve this effect in performance. Video Sc.11 Enter the King The analogous scene in H5 is 2.4, which also opens with Charles VI expressing concerns about Henry's invasion that the Dauphin attempts to dismiss. Bullough notes that in H5 Exeter rather than the archbishop presents Henry's demands and that the siege of Harfleur, reported in this scene by a messenger, is staged in 3.1 and 3.3 of H5. Prince Dauphin [[ Resource not found ]]The Dauphin is the model of French arrogance and I felt should be a figure of fun in our overtly nationalistic performance of the play. I decided to cast Derek Genova, one of our company "boys", in this role. Derek's slight build worked in juxtaposition with the character's faith in French might and in his own prowess in battle. Lord High . . . France Charles Lord Delabreth (Hall H5 Fol. 19v). Charles VI Throughout this scene Charles VI is called King in the speech prefixes, all further instances of which have been silently emended. Charles VI [[ Resource not found ]]Don Allison gave the king of France a majesty that made him a worthy opponent to the English Henry. His concern to protect his realm from a potential English invasion bordered on fear and worked to grant respect to the play's national hero in keeping with the nationalistic agenda of the original Queen's Men. Kidcocks Chef de Caux, or Chef-en-Caux, port of modern La Havre, located at the mouth of the Seine on the river's right bank. Hall calls the site of Henry V's landing "Caux, comonly called Kyd Caux (where the ryuer of Seine runneth into the sea)" (H5 Fol. 12v). I have retained Q's spelling because no adequate modernization, such as Quay de Caux, currently exists. Kyd Caux and Kedecaux appear in Stow but, although they might look more authentically French, they are not modernizations. What does exist in Le Havre is Pointe de Caux, one of the many names (St Denis, Chef de Caux; Sainte-Adresse) since the port town was incorporated into the greater city of Le Havre. Normandy French dukedom in northern France. William the Conqueror was duke of Normandy, whence he launched his invasion of England in 1066, and subsequent medieval English monarchs claimed possession of the dukedom, although in 1204 King John lost it to Philip II (Dockray 125). Harfleur City in Normandy at the mouth of the river Seine and "the main French base for hostile operations in the Channel" (Dockray 140). Henry V besieged Harfleur 19 August-23 September (Dockray 140). Stow calls Harfleur "the key of the see of all Normandy" (Chronicles 589). I pray you [[ Resource not found ]]Derek Genova (Dauphin) delivered these lines with an ingratiating cockiness, examining his finger nails, and anticipating his message will have been received with fear. Bruges's response (TLN 1095) created another in a series of reversals for proud Frenchmen that worked to develop the nationalistic agenda of the play. very ill part [[ Resource not found ]]Jason Gray (Bruges) responded to the Dauphin's question with utter sincerity, communicating his fear and respect for the English king and in the process undermining the pride and arrogance of the French prince. haughty proud. Normans . . . Danes soldiers from Normandy, the duchy of Brabant (in the Low Countries), Picardy, and Denmark, northern European regions on the coasts of the English Channel and the North Sea, which separated England from continental Europe. In Hall, the Constable presents a similar list of "Britons," "Pickardes," "Brabanders," and "Almaines" (H5 Fol. 15v). Master of the Bows Hall lists "the Lorde Rambures" as "Master of the Crossebowes" (H5 Fol. xv, recto). Here Charles VI could be appointing Monsieur le Cole Master of the Bows, or the two could be separate individuals who, along with Signor Devens and the others, are to be appointed to their positions by the lord high constable. Signor Devens Unidentified. Bullough suggests Nevers, from Holinshed. I will have it thus Historically, Louis was not at Agincourt. Hall writes that "The Dolphyn sore desired to bee at that battaile, but he was prohibited by the king hys father" (H5 Fol.14v). Bullough notes that although at the end of 3.5 Charles VI tells the Dauphin that "you shall remain with us" (TLN 1448), in H5 the "Dauphin is present at Agincourt." This is true only of the Folio version of the play, however, which substitutes the Dauphin for Bourbon in 3.7 and 4.2 and adds the Dauphin to 4.5.