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    King Henry IV, Part 1
    King Henry IV, Part 1
    King Henry IV, Part 1
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    King Henry IV, Part 1

    Written by William Shakespeare

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. As the play opens, King Henry IV (formerly Henry Bolingbroke) and Henry Percy (Hotspur) argue over the disposition of prisoners from the Battle of Holmedon. The King’s attitude toward Mortimer and the Percy family prompts them to plot rebellion. In the meantime, his son Prince Hal is living the low life in the company of Sir John Falstaff. As the time of battle nears, Prince Hal joins his father and is given a high command. The play’s climax is the Battle of Shrewsbury, in which Prince Hal and Hotspur meet and fight, with Prince Hal and the forces of the King prevailing. The action continues in King Henry IV, Part 2. From the start this has been an extremely popular play both with the public and with critics. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden and Wikipedia)


    Characters:
    Narrator/stage directions: read by Kalynda
    King Henry IV and Douglas: read by Mark F. Smith
    Henry, Prince of Wales: read by Max Porter Zasada
    Prince John of Lancaster: read by Brian Edwards
    Earl of Westmoreland: read by Larysa Jaworski
    Sir Walter Blunt: read by Joshua B. Christensen
    Earl of Worcester: read by David Barnes
    Northumberland and 2nd Messenger: read by Lisa Wilson
    Henry Percy (Hotspur): read by Michael Sirois
    Edmund Mortimer: read by Scott Sherris
    Scroop, Archbishop of York: read by Vin Reilly
    Peto, Sir Michael, Chamberlain, and Travellers: read by Mockfrog
    Owen Glendower: read by Denny Sayers
    Sir Richard Vernon: read by David Muncaster
    Sir John Falstaff: read by John Lieder
    Poins: read by Jordan Schneider
    Gadshill, Francis, and Ostler: read by Alan Clare
    Bardolph: read by David Zezulka
    Lady Percy: read by Cecelia Prior
    Mrs. Quickly, Hostess: read by Rosalind Wills
    First Carrier: read by Maria Morabe
    Second Carrier: read by Ophelia Darcy
    Servant: read by Katie Gibboney
    Vintner: read by Lauren Tunnell Verdeyen
    Sheriff: read by Heather Barnett
    First Messenger: read by Laurie Anne Walden

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

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      I am reading this books as given in the "Great Works of the Western World" given in somewhat chronological order as written. This play begins to tell the tale of King Henry V and his ascension to King. It masterfully blends light humor of his youthful indiscretions to an emergence as a noble leader defeating the kings enemy in single combat.

      This reading of the play is well done.