{"id":402,"date":"2021-04-14T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&p=402"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:11:11","slug":"henry-iv-part-i","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/henry-iv-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry IV, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Samuel Daniel\u2019s The First Four Books of the Civil Wars<\/i>, published in 1595, is a source for the play, which was registered at the Stationers\u2019 Company on 25th February 1598. It was probably written in late 1596 or early 1597.<\/span><\/p>

This popular play was first printed as a quarto, probably typeset from Shakespeare\u2019s draft manuscripts, or a transcript of them. There were two editions in 1598, then in 1599, 1604, 1608, 1613, and 1622: each successive quarto being typeset from the preceding one. The First Folio version was typeset from the fifth quarto, with Heminge and Condell possibly using the acting company\u2019s prompt-book as part of their amendments.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2018A good portly man, i\u2019faith, and a corpulent; of a cheerful\u00a0
Look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble carriage.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Henry IV, Part 1<\/em>, II iv<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Henry IV despairs: as King, since the country faces rebellions led by Glendower and Hotspur, but also as a father, since the wayward Prince Hal seems unsuited to inherit the throne. The Father-Son relationship is a theme that recurs in this history play: Hotspur seems the model son of the Duke of Northumberland; and Hal allows himself to be tutored by the appealing rogue Sir John Falstaff, Shakespeare\u2019s most brilliant comic characterisation.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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