A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act ...and Maybe a Better Hall?
Rachel SaltzAugust 17, 2011: At the beginning of the Classical Theater of Harlem’s “Henry V” actors who have been milling around and chatting with audience members slowly start to leave the casual and the quotidian behind. Someone beats out time with sticks. A chant begins, an eerie invocation: “O, for a muse of fire” — the first words of this Shakespeare play.
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