Used and Recommended by the National Theatre. Prince Hal cuts a poor figure at the opening of Henry IV Part One — a king’s son squandering his days in taverns and brothels alongside dissolute companions, chief among them the irrepressible rogue Sir John Falstaff. But Shakespeare’s masterful drama is the story of a prodigal son who finds his moment: when rebellion threatens to tear the kingdom apart, Hal must shed his feckless ways and rise to meet his destiny as a ruler of men. Ranging from the low-life streets to the royal court and the chaos of the battlefield, the play charts that transformation with extraordinary range and power. ‘The finest, most representative instance of what Shakespeare can do’ — Harold Bloom. General Editor Stanley Wells. Edited by Peter Davison with an Introduction by Charles Edelman.
ISBN 13: 9780141396682
Author: William Shakespeare
