Henry IV, Part 1


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NYC, 2003

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The Text

Searchable online text at The Literature Network

Complete text at MIT

Download complete text in MS Word -- henry41.doc (201K) or henry41.zip (68K).

Quizzes

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Act V

Stage / Film History

Henry IV, Part 1 - Review of film, 1979

Henry IV, Part 1 - Review of TV movie, 1983

Chimes at Midnight - 1965 film adaptation of Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 by Orson Welles.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival, 1999 - Production and dramaturgical notes

My Own Private Idaho - 1991 film loosely based on Henry IV, Part One.

New York, 2003 - Review

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 1998 - Review

Peacock Theatre, Dublin - Review

Royal Shakespeare Company, 2001 - Review

“The better part of valor is discretion; in the which better part I
have saved my life.”

- Falstaff: V, iv

Web Sites

1 Henry IV - Essay by Ace Pilkington

Chronology of Kings and Shakespeare's Plays

Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs - Henry IV, Part 1

Falstaff's Lament Over Prince Hal Become Henry V (poem) - Herman Melville

The Foxes, the Lion, and the Fat Knight: Introduction to Henry IV, Part 1 - Ian Johnston

Hal Imitates the Sun - Essay

Henry IV, Part 1 - A structural analysis

Henry IV, Part 1 - Comprehensive site with history, character analysis, essential facts, etc.

Henry IV, Part 1 - Discussion Topics

Henry IV, Part 1 - The Literary Encyclopedia

Historical Background to Shakespeare's First and Second History Cycles - Ian Johnston

History of the Histories -- Background on Shakespeare's History Plays

Insults from Henry IV, Part 1

Internet Shakespeare Edition - Historical background, commentaries, links.

The Ironies of Success in Politics: An Introduction to Henry V - Ian Johnston

The Real Falstaff

Renaissance Women: An Insight into 1 Henry IV - Carmen Stephen, 1996

Representations of Kingship and Power in Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy of History Plays - Amanda Mabillard

Shakespeare's Sources for Henry IV, Part 1

Who Was Prince Hal? - Dr. Jean Graham