Which Shakespeare play of 1591 opens with the funeral of King Henry V?
French history in the English-speaking theatre is shot to death by a man in the hire of Henry I, Duke of Guise, leader of the Catholic League, an event which precipitates the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre in August 1572. William Shakespeare wrote "The Life and Death of King John" (1596), "Henry V" (1599), "Henry VI, part 1" (1592), "Henry VI, part 2" (1591), and "Henry VI, part 3" (1591), based on events during the reigns of John of England, king from 1199 to 1216, Henry V of England, king from 1413 to 1422, Henry VI of England, king from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to
Henry V (play) Henry V (play) Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. In the First Quarto text, it was titled "The Cronicle History of Henry the fift", which became "The Life of Henry the Fifth" in the First Folio text. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part 1", and "Henry IV, Part 2". The original audiences would