Henry V

Tuesday night I attended the Kalispell performance of Montana's Shakespeare in the Parks.  Tammy was in St Ignatius holding a Tastefully Simple party.

Their mission:

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks is to make quality, live theatrical productions of Shakespeare and other classics accessible to communities in Montana and surrounding states with an emphasis on under-served, rural areas who would not otherwise have this opportunity. All performances are offered free, making Shakespeare in the Parks available to everyone.

This year they performed Henry V.  A summary of the play's plot can be found here.

Each year the company lugs this stage around the state.

The play was ok. Lots of talk of war and battles.

I rode my bicycle to the performance at the local college and got there shortly before the play started.  Quite a few people were already spread out on the lawn.  Most people had brought their folding chairs so I had to sit on the hill in the back.  Unfortunately where I sat the actors had to compete with Hwy 93 traffic noise in the background.  I understood most of the play except when the actors had a heavy English or French accent.


Scenes from the play:

Henry V is in the middle.

The King of France

Most actors did double duty and played two roles.  Notice one of King Henry's soldiers - the one on the right - also played the King of France.  The actor on the back left wearing a brown hat playing a boy soldier here is a woman.