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Henry V Creative Workshop

Explore leadership, courage and the cost of war through Shakespeare’s Henry V. Use the briefing below as your shared starting point. You do not need to have read the play. Write in complete sentences unless a task asks for dialogue or a plan.

In Shakespeare’s play, Henry is a young king leading an English army in France. His claim to the French crown has led to war. Before the Battle of Agincourt, the English soldiers are tired and greatly outnumbered. Henry speaks to them, trying to give them courage. He promises that those who fight will remember the day with pride. The play celebrates bold leadership, but it also asks us to think about the danger and suffering that war brings. Shakespeare’s characters do not all see events in the same way: a king may speak of honour, while an ordinary soldier worries about surviving.

Read closely, then imagine

1.Henry’s soldiers are tired and outnumbered, yet he tries to inspire them. Which statement best describes this moment?

Henry ignores the soldiers’ fears and sends them away.
Henry uses a speech to encourage soldiers facing danger.
Henry decides that the army should avoid France altogether.
Henry asks the French soldiers to lead the English army.

2.Write a brief diary entry from an English soldier on the night before Agincourt. Include one fear, one hope and one detail from the briefing. Aim for 4–6 sentences.

3.Create a four-panel storyboard showing how a king’s speech might change the mood of an exhausted army. In each panel, add a short caption showing what the soldiers think or feel.

Draw one moment in each box and write a caption underneath.

Panel 1: Before the speech

Panel 2: The king begins

Panel 3: The soldiers listen

Panel 4: A changed mood

4.Choose one quality Henry might show in this scene: confidence, empathy or determination. Explain how a writer could show that quality through an action and a line of dialogue.

Shape a scene

5.A modern director wants to make the Agincourt scene feel relevant to a UK audience today. Suggest a setting and one costume or prop choice, then explain how your choices could highlight leadership or the cost of war.

6.Write four lines of dialogue between an English soldier and a French soldier who meet after the battle. Let each character have a different viewpoint, and show at least one moment of understanding.

7.The briefing says the play celebrates bold leadership but also asks us to consider war’s suffering. Write one sentence that supports each side of this contrast.

8.Plan a short sequel scene set after the battle. Who is in it, what problem do they face, and what choice must one character make? Write your plan in 2–3 sentences.

9.Revise this plain sentence to make it vivid and tense: “The soldiers waited for the battle.” Add a strong verb and one sensory detail.