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Henry IV, Part 1

c. 1596–1597

Prince Hal spends his father's reign at the tavern — and then the battle of Shrewsbury changes everything.

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Scenes

Act 1

1.1 London. A Room in the Palace. 1.2 The same. An Apartment of Prince Henry’s. 1.3 The Same. A Room in the Palace.

Act 2

2.1 Rochester. An Inn-Yard. 2.2 The Road by Gads-hill. 2.3 Warkworth. A Room in the Castle. 2.4 Eastcheap. A Room in the Boar’s Head Tavern.

Act 3

3.1 Bangor. A Room in the Archdeacon’s House. 3.2 London. A Room in the Palace. 3.3 Eastcheap. A Room in the Boar’s Head Tavern.

Act 4

4.1 The Rebel Camp near Shrewsbury. 4.2 A public Road near Coventry. 4.3 The Rebel Camp near Shrewsbury. 4.4 York. A Room in the Archbishop’s Palace.

Act 5

5.1 The King’s Camp near Shrewsbury. 5.2 The Rebel Camp. 5.3 Plain between the Camps. 5.4 Another Part of the Field. 5.5 Another Part of the Field.

Dramatis personæ

HENRY PRINCE of Wales, son to the King.

SIR MICHAEL a friend to the archbishop of York.

LADY PERCY Wife to Hotspur.