. W. DALY.

_Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers,
and Attendants._

The SCENE, at the Beginning of the Play, lies in England;
but afterwards in France.

STAGE DIRECTIONS.

R.H. means Right Hand; L.H. Left Hand; U.E. Upper Entrance. R.H.C.
Enters through the centre from the Right Hand; L.H.C. Enters through
the centre from the Left Hand.

RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS WHEN ON THE STAGE.

R. means on the Right Side of the Stage; L. on the Left Side of the
Stage; C. Centre of the Stage; R.C. Right Centre of the Stage; L.C.
Left Centre of the Stage.

--> The reader is supposed _to be on the Stage_, facing the Audience.

THE SCENERY Painted by Mr. GRIEVE and Mr. TELBIN,
Assisted by Mr. W. GORDON, Mr. F. LLOYDS,
Mr. CUTHBERT, Mr. DAYES, Mr. MORRIS, &c., &c.
THE MUSIC under the direction of Mr. ISAACSON.
THE DANCE IN THE EPISODE by Mr. CORMACK.
THE DECORATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS by Mr. E. W. BRADWELL.
THE DRESSES by Mrs. and Miss HOGGINS.
THE MACHINERY by Mr. G. HODSDON.
PERRUQUIER, Mr. ASPLIN, of No. 13, New Bond Street.

--> _For reference to Historical Authorities indicated by Letters, see
end of each Act._

PREFACE.

In the selection of my last Shakespearean revival at the Princess's
Theatre, I have been actuated by a desire to present some of the finest
poetry of our great dramatic master, interwoven with a subject
illustrating a most memorable era in English history. No play appears
to be better adapted for this two-fold purpose than that which treats
of Shakespeare's favorite hero, and England's favorite king--Henry the
Fifth.

The period thus recalled is flattering to our national pride; and
however much the general feeling of the present day may be opposed to
the evils of war, there are few amongst us who can be reminded of the
military renown achieved by our ancestors on the fields of Crecy,
Poitiers, and Agincourt, without a glow of patriotic enthusiasm.

The political motives which induced the invasion of France in the year
1415 must be sought for in the warlike spirit of the times, and in the
martial character of the English sovereign. It is sufficient for
dramatic purposes that a few thousands of our countrymen, in their march
through a foreign land, enfeebled by sickness and encompassed by foes,
were able to subdue and scatter to the winds the multitudinous hosts of
France, on whose blood-stained soil ten thousand of her br