Body Double: In the battle at the end of Part 1, the king has several.His ally Douglas fits the bill, too, with most productions showing him being downright gleeful during the battle.
Blood Knight: Hotspur who, unlike the mischief making prince, loves to fight.Blatant Lies: Falstaff claims he killed Percy to Prince Hal, the man who he saw actually kill him.Belligerent Sexual Tension: Hotspur and Lady Percy.The scene also includes Percy arguing that the border between his and Mortimer's lands excludes valuable land sitting on the opposite side of a bend in the river, and thus he wants his territory redrawn. Glendower gets all the land along the Severn, Mortimer gets the south of England up to the river Trent, and Percy gets the north of England. Balkanize Me: Glendower, Hotspur, and Mortimer plan to do this to England.The Atoner: King Henry is obsessed with launching a crusade to expiate his guilt in the death of Richard II.But the historical Edmund Mortimer in this play was never Earl of March that position was held by his paternal nephew, who also was named Edmund Mortimer. Artistic Licence: Shakespeare refers to Edmund Mortimer as the Earl of March.Antagonist in Mourning: Hal, for Hotspur.He dies off stage with little more than a passing reference to his illness. A God Am I: Glendower pretty much believes he has superpowers and a deal with Satan.Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man.īut will they come when you do call for them? Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Agent Scully: Hotspur plays this role to his Welsh ally Glendower:.
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In 2012, it was the second production in the BBC's four-part series The Hollow Crown, with Jeremy Irons as Henry, Tom Hiddleston as Hal, Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff, and Joe Armstrong as Hotspur. Allam won an Olivier Award for his performance.
In 2010, a production of Henry IV at The Globe was filmed for DVD with Roger Allam as Falstaff and Jamie Parker as Hal. Orson Welles' experimental Chimes at Midnight combines the two parts with bits from Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor, without changing any lines, the action now centering on Falstaff instead of Prince Hal. To Be Continued in Henry IV, Part 2.Ī perennially popular play, this has been adapted to film many times. The Archbishop of York and the Earl of Northumberland, along with a number of other nobles, have joined forces and still plot against Henry IV and Hal. The play winds down with another comic scene with Falstaff (who tries to convince Hal he killed Hotspur), King Henry orders his enemies executed, and Hal generously pardons one of the soldiers from the opposing side.
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