St Crispin's Day and Henry V at Agincourt

On 25 October 1415, King Henry V's small, tired English army beat a huge French army in a muddy field. Shakespeare wrote him a speech about it two hundred years later.

Ages 5–7·~15 min

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…a tired English king beat a much bigger French army in the mud, and Shakespeare made him a speech for it later.

On 25 October 1415, King Henry V's small, tired English army beat a huge French army in a muddy field. Shakespeare wrote him a speech about it two hundred years later.


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