Four HistoriesThe volume contains Richard II, Henry IV Part One, henry IV Part Two, and Henry V. Each play possesses its own distinctive mood, tone and style, and together they inhabit the turbulent period of change from the usurpation of the throne of Richard II by Bolingbroke to the triumph of heroic kingship in Henry V. |
Contents
RICHARD II | |
Further Reading | |
An Account of the Text | |
KING RICHARD THE SECOND | |
Notes | |
HENRY IV PART ONE | |
Further Reading | |
An Account of the Text | |
Further Reading | |
An Account of the Text | |
The Songs | |
THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH | |
Notes | |
HENRY V | |
Further Reading | |
An Account of the Text | |
THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH | |
Notes | |
HENRY IV PART TWO | |
KING HENRY THE FIFTH | |
Notes | |
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actors Archbishop audience Aumerle Bagot banished Bishop of Carlisle blood Blunt Bolingbroke Bushy character Colevile cousin crown death Doll doth Douglas dramatic DUCHESS OF YORK Duke Duke of Hereford Earl edition editors Elizabethan England Exeunt Exit F Enter Falstaff father fear Folio Francis Gadshill give Glendower God’s grace grief Hal’s hand Harry hath heart heaven Henry’s Hereford Holinshed Holinshed’s honour horse HOSTESS Hotspur JOHN OF GAUNT KING HENRY King Richard King’s LADY Lancaster LORD BARDOLPH Lord Chief Justice Lord of Westmorland majesty Master meaning Mortimer Mowbray night noble Northumberland note to line peace Percy Percy’s Peto Pistol play play’s Poins PRINCE HAL PRINCE HENRY Prince John Quarto Queen reading reference Richard II scene seems Shakespeare Shallow Shrewsbury Sir John speak speech stage direction suggested sweet sword tell thee There’s thou art thought tongue Westmorland Worcester word York