King Henry the fifth; or; The conquest of France by the English
Subtitle: a tragedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane by His Majesty's servants.
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Publisher: Printed for W. Chetwood and J. Watts
Published: 1723
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Hill created a famous phrase. After handsomely acknowledging his indebtedness to the poet in the above adaptation, he remarked that 'Shakespeare spelt ruin totheatrical managers'. This dictum passed into a truism, to be repeated by successive generations of managers for nearly two centuries. The end of the 19th century witnessed a change. New men and methods restored Shakespeare to his rightfulposition on the throne of the English drama - Jaggard.