Henry V Conversations: What is a Just War?

Monday, January 28, 7 PM
Downstairs at The Garage
38 JFK Street, Harvard Square

Tickets $5-$15

Tickets by Phone 866-811-4111

What is a just war? Why does Henry go to war? Why do nations go to war? What does this war mean for the young men who are called to put their lives on the line and become Henry’s brothers in this fight? What are the costs to Henry and England? And how do the words of these characters illuminate our human condition today?

Join us for an evening of Henry V scenes and discussion, moderated by Coppélia Kahn, Professor of English and Gender Studies at Brown University and author of Man’s Estate: Masculine Identity in Shakespeare and Roman Shakespeare: Warriors, Wounds, and Women. A reception follows the event.

Panelists include

• Diana Henderson, Professor of Shakespeare; Renaissance Literature; Drama; Women’s Literature; Media Studies at MIT and author of Collaborations with the Past: Reshaping Shakespeare Across Time and Media
• Fred Marchant, Director of Creative Writing, Suffolk University and Teacher at the William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences and at The Veterans Writing Group
• Normi Noel, Director of ASP’s Henry V and longtime member of Shakespeare and Company
• James R. Siemon, Professor of Renaissance Drama at Boston University and author of Word Against Word, Shakespearean Utterance and Shakespearean Iconoclasm