The performances in Bard on the Beach's Henry V are excellent. The script, on the other hand is tired, dated, and old. Is it arrogant to critique a master like William Shakespeare? Perhaps. But the fact is that in a canon of nearly fourty plays only a handful are worth doing. The rest could really benefit from innovative make overs and reinterpretations. And unfortunately there isn't enough innovation in this production to save it.
 
The play begins with Henry primed to engage in a war to take over France. In a humorous passage, a clergyman justifies...