We are but warriors for the working-day; Our gayness and…

Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.

— Will Cuppy

Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.

— Manny Farber

Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history…

— Mark Rylance

The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry V' and…

— Peter Ackroyd

If I ever see another Shakespeare production where somebody drives a Jeep on stage, I'm going to run screaming up the aisle. These tend…

— Terry Teachout

We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which sloped, of the Queen-Elizabeth-Slept-Here…

— Jean Plaidy

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

— Madonna Ciccone

There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his…

— Natalie Dormer

“Marry, if you would put me to verses or to dance for your sake, Kate, why you undid me: for the one, I have…

— William Shakespeare

A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or…

— John C. Maxwell

Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for long periods…

— Nicholas Rodger

You will most appreciate 'Freddy and Fredericka' if you are familiar with the story of the Fall, the Good Hermit, 'Tom Jones,' 'Huckleberry Finn,'…

— Mark Helprin

[Thine] face is not worth sunburning. William Shakespeare, Henry V

— William Shakespear

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with…

— William Shakespeare

A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair…

— William Shakespeare