Henry IV, Part 1

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Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, amid rebellion and political unrest in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan drama
history play
play
author William Shakespeare
centralTheme coming of age
honour
kingship
political legitimacy
rebellion
characterContrast Bardolph
surface form: Prince Hal and Falstaff

Bardolph
surface form: Prince Hal and Hotspur
countryOfOrigin England
dramatises Percy rebellion
featuresEvent Battle of Shrewsbury
firstPublicationForm quarto
followedBy Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V (play)
surface form: Henry V
follows King Richard II of England
surface form: Richard II
genre drama
history
hasCharacterType comic knight
rebellious nobleman
wayward prince
includedIn First Folio of Shakespeare
surface form: First Folio
includesSetting The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
surface form: Eastcheap tavern

battlefield
royal court
language English
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
mainCharacter Bardolph
Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Worcester
Henry Percy
Hotspur
King Henry IV of England
surface form: King Henry IV

Lady Percy
Owen Glendower
Peto
Poins
Prince Hal
Sir John Falstaff
originalMedium stage play
partOfSeries Henriad
setDuring reign of King Henry IV
setInCentury 15th century
setInLocation England
setInPeriod reign of Henry IV of England
source Holinshed's Chronicles
structure five acts

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Earl of Worcester appearsInAct Henry IV, Part 1
this entity surface form: Act 3 of Henry IV, Part 1
Earl of Worcester appearsInAct Henry IV, Part 1
this entity surface form: Act 4 of Henry IV, Part 1
Earl of Worcester appearsInAct Henry IV, Part 1
this entity surface form: Act 5 of Henry IV, Part 1
Falstaff’s company appearsInWork Henry IV, Part 1
My Own Private Idaho inspiredBy Henry IV, Part 1
this entity surface form: Henry IV by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's play "Richard II" followedBy Henry IV, Part 1
subject surface form: Richard II
William Shakespeare's play "Richard II" precedes Henry IV, Part 1
subject surface form: Richard II