The Observer highlights the ensemble aspect of Henry V in a review from Cheltenham, saying "you can't miss the melding together of this company". The prologue and night scene before battle are singled out as examples. Dugald Bruce-Lockhart's Henry is "more rational than martial; each phrasing is intelligent", and Tony Bell's Fluellen is "unusually strong--fluently comic but not a parody".
Tony Bell is praised again when talk turns to The Winter's Tale for his "Gary Glitter of an Autolycus". Robert Hands is "quietly spoken but impressive" and the doubling by Ben Allen is "touching".
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