num_pages: 296
description: This edition offers a fully modernized text of one of Shakespeare's most fascinating plays. Henry IV, Part 2 is the only play in the canon whose structure almost exactly mirrors that of its predecessor, and thereby affords unique perspectives on Shakespeare's art and craft. Far from being the impoverished country cousin of an illustrious work, Part 2 introduces unforgettable new characters like Pistol and Shallow, and memorable minor players such as Doll Tearsheet and the reluctant Goucestershire recruits. Above all, it gives us more Falstaff. Although he is now politically distanced from Hal, he looms larger than ever as a mischievous figure who never ceases to fascinate with his unique blend of native wit, inventiveness, and corruption. Through a radical reconsideration of the play's text(s) and date, it is argued here for the first time that the character of Falstaff was called Oldcastle in Part 2 as well as in as in Part 1 , and that it was the vetting of Part 2 for the 1596-7Christmas performances at Court which led to the change of name in both plays. This edition moreover takes the view that the Folio-only passages in the play reflect the text of the original prompt-book.
language: English
title: Henry IV, Part 2
titlecomplete: Henry IV, Part 2 (Oxford World's Classics)
characters: Francis Feeble, Goodwife Keech, Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Edward "Ned" Poins, Ancient Pistol, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Sir Ralph Hastings, Master Tisick, Second Beadle, Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys, Gower, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Bardolph, Robert Shallow, Maud, Baroness Lucy, Lady Northumberland, Travers, Second Strewer, Third Strewer, Peto, Dorothy "Doll" Tearsheet, Harcourt, First Strewer, Richard le Scrope, Bishop of Lichfield and Archbishop of York, Robin, Page to Falstaff, Sneak, Speaker of the Epilogue, Sir John Colleville, Sergeant Fang, Page to King Henry IV, Mistress Nell Quickly, Master Dumbe, Thomas Wart, Henry V of England, Sir John Falstaff, Peter Bullcalf, Servant to the Lord Chief Justice, Francis the drawer, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 2nd drawer, Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, Sir John Blount, Messenger, Ursula, First Beadle, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Morton, Henry IV of England, Fauconbridge, Justice Silence, William Gascoigne, Master Dommellton, Sergeant Snare, Master Smooth, Thomas Fitzalan, 5th Earl of Arundel, 10th Earl of Surrey, Davy, servant to Justice Shallow, Nell Poins, Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf, Rumour, the Presenter, Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Mouldy, Simon Shadow
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Historical, British Literature, Plays, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 19431
places: Warkworth, Northumberland, Engand
series: Henry IV, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Clarendon Press