7/15/2023 0 Comments Henry vi the hollow crown download![]() ![]() Is it done in the name of accessibility? Do they think that this will make Shakespeare more palatable to ordinary people? Well, if they are right, I despair on behalf of the ordinary people. What a waste of great poetry, great actors and budget money. Why use Shakespeare when the producers clearly want something completely different? This is a deconstruction of Shakespeare, and it is, in short, awful. "The Hollow Crown" is devoid of any wonder or poetry. Shakespeare's work and words are the pinnacle of wonder of poetry. But here we get only stark, cynical realism. ![]() Following his fathers early death and the loss of possessions in France young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester. AKA: VI, The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses, The Hollow Crown. What is this, Luc Besson's "The Messenger"? The BBC Collection version of these plays perform them in a humorous way that the text perfectly supports. 'The Hollow Crown' Henry VI Part 1 subtitles. For one thing, they have cut out most of Joan la Pucelle, but inserted a highly distasteful graphic depiction of her being burned. They have cut out so much material that it would be better if they hadn't made this at all. From the POV of a Shakespeare purist like myself, this version of Henry VI was profoundly unsatisfying.
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