HENRY V
Sir,-Why all the hostility towards rofessor Sinclaire’s criticism »of~+ the Henry V film? Most of the correspondents seem to have missed the point, namely, that Shakespeare being essentially a humanist, his plays require) the interpretation of living human actors on the stage and not the mechanised puppets of the film. After reading the glowing accounts advertised in connection with Henry V, I went to see it with the expectation of enjoying a superlative entertainment, but was so disappointed and bored that I walked out before its conclusion, The whole performance seemed to me to be artificial, and completely lacking the atmosphere of Shakespeare. On reaching home I opened. my Shakespeare and read the play through again, finding much pleasurable enjoyment in it, and time to reflect on the sequence of events, some of which had been deleted from the film version. Some years ago I saw another Shakespearian play filmed, and felt the same disappointment as with Henry V, yet the same thing played by a firstclass theatrical company was magnificent, Several people to whom I have spoken have said they were disappointed with Henry V and did not understand why it had been advertised to such an extent, but no doubt the film seemed adequate to minds that have become mechanised in this machine age.
E.M.
L.
(Christchurch),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 382, 18 October 1946, Page 5
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221HENRY V New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 382, 18 October 1946, Page 5
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