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The King review – rogues' gallery of grunters and brawlers
Timothée Chalamet makes for a slight royal alongside Robert Pattinson’s French dauphin in this bruising adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays‘If it rains tonight, we fight tomorrow,” declares Timothée Chalamet, huddled with his fellow actors in the final act of The King, David Michôd’s sombre, bruising adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad. Chalamet,... -
The French should go easy on Shakespeare over Agincourt
A newly renovated museum challenges dramatic ‘myths’ about the battle. But the playwright’s Henry V had many layersI see Shakespeare’s been at it again. This time he’s helped to get us in trouble with the French, the very dernière chose we need right now. But we must hope that Brigitte...