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I love the way the London Watch reappear on the battlefield at this point. They were likely not featured earlier in France because the actors were busy doubling as comic Frenchmen. We gave Derrick a brief appearance in the battle but it was not really necessary. The audience were happy to pick up with these characters at this point and enjoyed the more homely spin they put on the great historical battle. The clowns begin by reporting on the king’s actions in the same way they did at the start of and in a way that is also reminiscent of Derrick and John’s comic re-performance of the boxing of the Justice’s ear (). One of the clown figure’s key functions in the play was to effect such shifts in perspective. In this case, the roving English soldier arrives to tie the clowns into the on-going action of the battle, and in contrast to the martial king, their immediate instinct is to find a way to avoid battle, to which purpose they practice their broken French (). It is a simple gag but one which works to further valorize the play’s hero-king.

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