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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]

Chapter 187: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[J].
By William Shakespeare
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This volume gathers a sequence of history plays that dramatize struggles over kingship, succession, and national identity in late medieval England. Rulers confront rebellions, papal and foreign pressure, and challenges to legitimacy, while a young prince evolves from license to wartime command. Scenes range from courtly intrigue and parliamentary deposition to battlefield councils and siege drama, intermixing solemn meditation on power and right with earthy comic relief provided by a boisterous companion. Recurring themes include the burdens of rule, honor versus expediency, the manipulation of law and ceremony, and the formation of leadership through conflict.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[J].

Rumour, the Presenter.
King Henry the Fourth.
Henry, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Henry V., his sons.
Thomas, Duke of Clarence,
Prince John of Lancaster,
Prince Humphrey of Gloucester,
Earl of Warwick.
Earl of Westmoreland.
Earl of Surrey.
Gower.
Harcourt.
Blunt.
Lord Chief-Justice of the King's Bench.
A Servant of the Chief-Justice.
Earl of Northumberland.
Scroop, Archbishop of York.
Lord Mowbray.
Lord Hastings.
Lord Bardolph.
Sir John Colville..
Travers and Morton, retainers of Northumberland.
Sir John Falstaff.
His Page.
Bardolph.
Pistol.
Poins.
Peto.
Shallow, country justices.
Silence,
Davy, Servant to Shallow.
Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, and Bullcalf, recruits.
Fang and Snare, sheriff's officers.
Lady Northumberland.
Lady Percy.
Mistress Quickly, hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap.
Doll Tearsheet.
Lords and Attendants; Porter[K], Drawers, Beadles, Grooms, &c.
A Dancer, speaker of the epilogue.

Scene: England.

[J] Dramatis Personæ.] The actors names. Ff (at the end of the play). om. Q. See note (I).

[K] Lords ... Porter] om. Ff.

THE SECOND PART OF

KING HENRY IV.