He is also a central character in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, where Shakespeare dramatises him as "
Prince Hal", a wanton youth. According to some critics, ”Henry IV is about Henry IV in name alone - it's really a coming-of-age story, charting the young, rebellious Hal's attempt to wrestle with responsibility".[2][3]
Royal Sword At Agincourt (1971), a novel by Pamela Bennetts, focuses on Henry's relationship with
Catherine of Valois.[7]
Fortune Made His Sword by
Martha Rofheart (1971, UK Title Cry God For Harry) is a novel about Henry's career.[8]
Ellis Peters's novel A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury (1972, US title The Bloody Field) revolves around the relationship between Henry V, his father Henry IV and
Hotspur.[9]
The novels The Star of Lancaster (1981) and The Queen's Secret by
Jean Plaidy both feature Henry as a character.[7]
Laurence Olivier in Shakespeare's Henry V (1944), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was nominated for a total of four regular Oscars, including
Best Picture and won a
Special Award for Olivier, in recognition of "his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing
Henry V to the screen".[11]
Keith Baxter in
Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1965), a merger of several Shakespeare plays which focuses on the relationship between young Prince Hal and his mentor, John Falstaff[13]
Jonathan Firth in a BBC film, Henry IV (1995), a version of Shakespeare's plays[21]
Martin Clunes in the BBC humorous film The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)[22]
Tom Hiddleston in the BBC's The Hollow Crown series of television films including: Henry IV - Part 1,Henry IV - Part 2, and Henry V (2012).[23]
Comics
The medieval-set comic strip The Hammer Man, (which ran in the British comic The Victor) often featured Henry V as the commander of the strip's hero, Chell Puddock.[24]
^Ramsdellm Krustin. Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction.
Libraries Unlimited, 1987.
ISBN9780872874794 (p.108)
^McGarry, Daniel D., White, Sarah Harriman, Historical Fiction Guide: Annotated Chronological, Geographical, and Topical List of Five Thousand Selected Historical Novels. Scarecrow Press, New York, 1963 (p.79).
^
abcLynda G. Adamson, World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults. Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN9781573560665 (pp .163, 165,167, 170)
^Fuller, David (2005). "The Bogdanov Version: The English Shakespeare Company "Wars of the Roses"". Literature/Film Quarterly. 33 (2): 118–141.
JSTOR43797220.
1Overlord of
Britain. 2Also ruler of
Ireland. 3Also ruler of
Scotland and Ireland. 4Lord Protector. 5Also ruler of
England and Ireland. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.
He is also a central character in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, where Shakespeare dramatises him as "
Prince Hal", a wanton youth. According to some critics, ”Henry IV is about Henry IV in name alone - it's really a coming-of-age story, charting the young, rebellious Hal's attempt to wrestle with responsibility".[2][3]
Royal Sword At Agincourt (1971), a novel by Pamela Bennetts, focuses on Henry's relationship with
Catherine of Valois.[7]
Fortune Made His Sword by
Martha Rofheart (1971, UK Title Cry God For Harry) is a novel about Henry's career.[8]
Ellis Peters's novel A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury (1972, US title The Bloody Field) revolves around the relationship between Henry V, his father Henry IV and
Hotspur.[9]
The novels The Star of Lancaster (1981) and The Queen's Secret by
Jean Plaidy both feature Henry as a character.[7]
Laurence Olivier in Shakespeare's Henry V (1944), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was nominated for a total of four regular Oscars, including
Best Picture and won a
Special Award for Olivier, in recognition of "his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing
Henry V to the screen".[11]
Keith Baxter in
Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1965), a merger of several Shakespeare plays which focuses on the relationship between young Prince Hal and his mentor, John Falstaff[13]
Jonathan Firth in a BBC film, Henry IV (1995), a version of Shakespeare's plays[21]
Martin Clunes in the BBC humorous film The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)[22]
Tom Hiddleston in the BBC's The Hollow Crown series of television films including: Henry IV - Part 1,Henry IV - Part 2, and Henry V (2012).[23]
Comics
The medieval-set comic strip The Hammer Man, (which ran in the British comic The Victor) often featured Henry V as the commander of the strip's hero, Chell Puddock.[24]
^Ramsdellm Krustin. Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction.
Libraries Unlimited, 1987.
ISBN9780872874794 (p.108)
^McGarry, Daniel D., White, Sarah Harriman, Historical Fiction Guide: Annotated Chronological, Geographical, and Topical List of Five Thousand Selected Historical Novels. Scarecrow Press, New York, 1963 (p.79).
^
abcLynda G. Adamson, World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults. Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN9781573560665 (pp .163, 165,167, 170)
^Fuller, David (2005). "The Bogdanov Version: The English Shakespeare Company "Wars of the Roses"". Literature/Film Quarterly. 33 (2): 118–141.
JSTOR43797220.
1Overlord of
Britain. 2Also ruler of
Ireland. 3Also ruler of
Scotland and Ireland. 4Lord Protector. 5Also ruler of
England and Ireland. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.