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Henry IV, part 1
Play introduction by Don Wooten - audio podcast - text (PDF)
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_part_1
Read the play online - http://shakespeare.mit.edu/1henryiv/index.html

Last performed by the Genesius Guild in 2003 ~ Photos

“ Henry IV, Part One, ” deals with a rebellion against King Henry by his former allies. The subplot concerns the idle life led by the heir to the throne, Prince Hal, who spends his time with London's riffraff, even going so far as to join them in robbery.

The play ends with the defeat of one faction of the rebels led by Hotspur, a young man as much in love with honor and battle as Hal is with pleasure.