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Shakespeare aficionados made the most of the summer evenings and lapped up the choice of history or comedy, or both, in this year’s season (which finishes on 9 February). “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,” urges Henry V in Shakespeare’s great history play, that dramatises events around the Battle or Agincourt. Or, once more onto the bleachers, dear friends, once more, as patrons enjoyed the 2019 Auckland Shakespeare in the Park season presented by Shoreside Theatre at The PumpHouse Amphitheatre. The companion play to Henry V (delivered by a separate cast) was Twelfth Night. It offered a merry mix of trickery, cross dressing and full-on comedy, along with a fair touch of pathos, a lot of foolery, and encouragement for audience involvement.