Jude Law's Henry V 'reigns supreme'

"This is one of the richest and most detailed performances of Henry V that I have ever seen," enthuses The Telegraph's Charles Spencer in his five-star review.

Awarding the play four stars, The Guardian's Michael Billington says Law delivers "a fine portrait of a flawed hero".

"Like the recent Donmar Anna Christie, it also shows Jude Law maturing with age and getting under the skin of a character. His complex portrait of a national hero-cum-war criminal is, you could say, the very antithesis of a hooray Henry."

The Independent's Paul Taylor also picks up on Law's maturity as an actor.

"You could argue that Law has left it not a moment too soon to tackle the part," he says in a four-star review.

"With his receding hairline and the bags under the eyes, he's looking a bit lived-in for the warrior monarch whose youthfulness is mocked by the Dauphin of France.

"But in his leather jerkin and distractingly tight trousers, he cuts a commanding figure and Law here vividly blends the kind of natural charisma that can rouse tired troops with a brooding spiritual uneasiness that has its affinities with Hamlet."

I'm seeing this production on the 28th of December and I'll make sure to post a review.