CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's King Henry IVThis popular play entertains and inspires in alternating comic scenes and serious ones and is the birthplace of one of the theater's greatest characters, Sir John Falstaff. Young Prince Hal rebels against his father the king until he must go to the king's aid to stamp out the rebellion of nobles. |
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Contents
Introduction | 5 |
List of Characters | 9 |
Brief Plot Synopsis | 14 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's King Henry IV |
| Author | James K. Lowers |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0822000237, 9780822000235 |
| Length | 80 pages |
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