Henry IV, Part 1

A wayward prince idles in taverns with Falstaff while a rebellion gathers for him to answer.

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▸Act 1, Scene 1London. The palace.▸Act 1, Scene 2London. An apartment of the Prince's.▸Act 1, Scene 3London. The palace.▸Act 2, Scene 1Rochester. An inn yard.▸Act 2, Scene 2The highway, near Gadshill.▸Act 2, Scene 3Warkworth castle ▸Act 2, Scene 4The Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap.▸Act 3, Scene 1Bangor. The Archdeacon's house.▸Act 3, Scene 2London. The palace.▸Act 4, Scene 1The rebel camp near Shrewsbury.▸Act 4, Scene 2A public road near Coventry.▸Act 4, Scene 3The rebel camp near Shrewsbury.▸Act 4, Scene 4York. The ARCHBISHOP'S palace.▸Act 5, Scene 1KING HENRY IV's camp near Shrewsbury.▸Act 5, Scene 2The rebel camp.▸Act 5, Scene 3Plain between the camps.▸Act 5, Scene 4Another part of the field.▸Act 5, Scene 5Another part of the field.

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FALSTAFF

Henry IV, Part 1 · William Shakespeare

Well, 'tis no matter; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No.

0:54ComicIntermediate

Writer	William Shakespeare
Written	c. 1597
Pages	95
Reading time	~2.5 hrs
Monologues	1 indexed
Themes	honour, rebellion, fathers and sons, coming of age
Principals	Prince Hal, Falstaff, Hotspur, King Henry IV, Poins

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