![]() Owen Glendower – leader of the Welsh rebels.Edmund Mortimer – Hotspur's brother-in-law and Glendower's son-in-law.Harry Percy (nicknamed "Hotspur") – Northumberland's son.Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester – Northumberland's brother. ![]() Mistress Quickly – hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern.Sir John Falstaff – a knight and friend of Prince Hal's.John of Lancaster – represented in the play as the King's second son, although he was actually the third.Henry, Prince of Wales (nicknamed " Prince Hal" or "Harry") – eldest son of Henry IV.King Henry the Fourth – King of England.From its first performance on, it has been an extremely popular work both with the public and critics. Henry IV, Part 1 is the first of Shakespeare's two plays which deal with the reign of Henry IV (the other being Henry IV, Part 2), and the second play in the Henriad, a modern designation for the tetralogy of plays that deal with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V. In parallel to the political conflict between King Henry and a rebellious faction of nobles, the play depicts the escapades of King Henry's son, Prince Hal (the future King Henry V), and his eventual return to court and favour. ![]() The play dramatises part of the reign of King Henry IV of England, beginning with the battle at Homildon Hill late in 1402, and ending with King Henry's victory in the Battle of Shrewsbury in mid-1403. Henry IV, Part 1 (often written as 1 Henry IV) is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. King Henry IV, Part I: The King to the Prince of Wales: "Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein.", (Act III, Scene ii), by Edwin Austin Abbey (1905) ![]()
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