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"During
Shakespeare's lifetime, Henry IV was his most popular play. Today, Sir
John Falstaff still towers aboe Shakespeare's other comic inventions."
--The quote is from Oxford University Press. "Two men confront each other. Their swords clash. And, in an instant, the future of a nation is decided. Who are these adversaries? Prince Hal, the royal heir who spends more time in a tavern than at court. His rival Hotspur, the warrior who outshines him in battle and in the king's eyes. They battle for nothing less than England itself. They are caught up in the great drama that is history." --The quote is from Georgia
Shakespeare Festival .
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"The
label history play is almost a misnomer when used to describe Shakespeare's
plays about the English kings, not only because he played fast and loose
with the facts but also because the term conjures up in the popular mind
the image of a historical documentary. In fact, these plays run the gamut
of the human condition in all its sacred and profane, tragic and comic,
beautiful and ugly aspects that characterize the comedies, tragedies, or
romances. One critic even described Henry I V as "the broadest, the most
varied, and in some ways the richest champaign in Shakespeare's extensive
empire."
--The quote is from Illinois Shakespeare Festival. |
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"The
sweeping spectacle of bloody rebellion, bawdy buffoonery and the young
rascal who would be king."
--The quote is from Shakespeare & Compary. |
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