Oh I wish we could show you this like it REALLY happened. Play it on a whole kingdom with princes as actors and kings in the audience. Then you’d see Harry, the real Harry, like a god of war, with famine, sword, and fire on leashes, like dogs, ready to let them slip.
But, I’m sorry everyone, we’re not kings, just actors, and this stage is just wood and cloth. Can you fit the fields of France in here? Could you cram in the armies at Agincourt?
I wish we could show you how it really was. But we’re nothing. We’re zeroes.
Though if you think about it, zeroes can add up. Put a zero behind a one and it’s suddenly ten. Another zero makes a hundred. Seven make a million! Think of us like that, and use your imagination, and you’ll see it.
Imagine this: there are two kingdoms in this theater, at war, and a great ocean between them. Cover our imperfections with your thoughts. Think when we talk of horses that you see them, their hooves scoring the ground. See that guy? Imagine he’s a thousand men, and you have your army. It’s your thoughts that make our kings kings, carry them here and there, zip us through time, make years minutes. I’ll help—call me the Chorus.
So, here’s our play. We hope you like it.