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. |
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Archbishop audience Aumerle Bagot banished Bishop of Carlisle blood Blunt Bolingbroke Bushy Captain character Colevile CONSTABLE cousin crown Dauphin death devil Doll doth dramatic DUCHESS OF YORK Duke Duke of Hereford Earl edition editors Elizabethan England English Exeunt Exit fair Falstaff father fear FLUELLEN Folio France French give Glendower Gloucester Gower grace grief Hal's hand Harry hast hath heart heaven Henry's Holinshed honour horse HOSTESS Hotspur humour John of Gaunt KATHERINE KING HENRY King Richard King's Lady Lancaster look LORD BARDOLPH Lord Chief Justice Lord of Westmorland majesty meaning Mortimer Mowbray night noble Northumberland note to line Percy Pistol play POINS PRINCE HAL PRINCE HENRY Prince John Quarto reading Richard II scene Scroop seems Shakespeare Shallow Sir John soldiers speak speech stage direction suggested sweet sword tell thee thou art tongue unto Westmorland Worcester word York