num_pages: 228
description: This edition offers a strongly theatrical perspective on the origins of The First Part of King Henry IV and the history of its interpretation. In their introduction the editors clarify the play's surprising, decentralized dramatic structure, questioning the recent assumption that the drama focuses on the education of Prince Hal. They call attention to the effects of civil war on a broad range of relationships. Falstaff's unpredictable vitality is explored, together with important contemporary values of honor, friendship, festivity and reformation.
language: English
title: The First Part of King Henry IV
titlecomplete: The First Part of King Henry IV (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
characters: 2nd Traveller, 1st Traveller, Servant to Hotspur, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Ostler, Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys, Sir Richard Vernon, 8th Baron of Shipbrook, Bardolph, Gilliams, messenger to Hotspur, Vintner, Henry Percy "Hotspur", Henry IV of England, Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, Sir Michael, Sheriff, Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr, Richard le Scrope, Bishop of Lichfield and Archbishop of York, Sir John Falstaff, Mistress Nell Quickly, Edward "Ned" Poins, Sir Edmund Mortimer IV, Peto, Francis the drawer, Robin Ostler, Mugs (carrier), Sir Walter Blount, Chamberlain, Owain Glyndŵr, Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Henry V of England, Tom (carrier)
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Historical, Poetry, Drama, School, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 29554
series: Wars of the Roses, Henry IV
publisher: Cambridge University Press