O’ For a Muse of Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TphsYovbfI

 

Something for a weekend.  Soundtrack to Henry V (1989).  Hard to believe that it has been three decades since the release of Kenneth Branagh’s masterful take on Shakespeare’s celebration of England’s greatest warrior king.  Bonus:  Henry pondering whether asserting his claim to the throne of France is moral:

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Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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Bob Kurland, Ph.D.
Bob Kurland, Ph.D.
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Saturday, October 26, AD 2019 10:00am

I still think Olivier’s is better.

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Ernst Schreiber
Ernst Schreiber
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 10:03am

I incline the other way. Maybe it’s a generational thing.

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Ernst Schreiber
Ernst Schreiber
Sunday, October 27, AD 2019 3:34pm

One of my favourite soundtrack albums too, by the way.

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