![]() ![]() Not only that but Henry tells them that any one of them shedding his blood with Henry will be his brother. They are brothers, forever bound together. When King Henry V references ‘we happy few’ in his Saint Crispin’s Day speech, he is talking about his army – a select group of men serving directly under him and fighting alongside him at the Battle of Agincourt. ![]() However, ‘we happy few’ is a phrase from what is known as the Saint Crispin’s Day speech, a speech that is very special in many ways, and can certainly be referred to it one of the greatest passages in Shakespeare. ‘The greatest’ becomes meaningless because one could make the case for dozens – perhaps hundreds – of Shakespeare passages. It’s very easy to say that a particular passage – be it a soliloquy, a monologue, a speech, or a piece of dialogue – is the greatest passage in Shakespeare. ‘We happy few’ is a phrase from a speech by King Henry V in Shakespeare’s play Henry V. ![]() Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15. ![]()
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