drink and mix with poor, commoners. This was unusual for royalty. Prince Hal did not appear to be preparing himself to be king and the Dauphin saw his behaviour and predicted that Hal was going to be a bad King. He saw the side of him that was fun loving, wild and some one who liked to be associated with common folk.
             Having portrayed this young wild side of Prince Hal in Henry IV part II, It was compulsory that I inform the audience of the rapid change from a fun loving wild prince to a now reformed character and a respectable model King. That's why in the opening speech of my play I used the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely to be the audience's informants. The Archbishop of Canterbury and The Bishop of Ely describe how they have both noticed the change From Prince Hal to Henry V and how suddenly it had happened. It was important that Henry V had The Church on his side contrary to what his father had done before him. I needed to make this apparent.
             "The breath no sooner left his father's body But that his wildness, mortified in him, Seemed to die too." Canterbury Act 1 scene1.
             I needed to portray Henry V's intelligence, so I wrote a speech, which described his brilliance in war strategy, theology and politics. I compared his knowledge of religion to a high member of the Church, a Bishop, to depict his outstanding grasp of religion. Nobody thought he could have been so intelligent because the company he kept were un-educated.
             "Hear him but reason in divinity And, all admiring, with an inward wish you would desire the king were made a prelate;" Canterbury act 1 scene 1.
             Prince Hal was a wild boy and socialised with the poor. I used a metaphor in Ely's speech to explain that in his wild days he looked set to be a bad king. This unbeknown to him allowed him to prepare himself for his duties, without being seen as a threat to anybody. He got to know the people, ...