This production of Shakespeares' Henry IV part 1 has a fine cast that gives a wonderful delivery of this fine play. Jon Finch gives a very fine performance as Henry IV. Jon Finch has the kind of voice where he could read a phone book and it would sound like poetry. Anthony Quayle is hilarious as Sir John Falstaff. If you have to read this play for school this is an excellent tool in understanding The King's English and makes the class more interesting
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The first of two plays by William Shakespeare chronicling the violent reign of the usurper King Henry IV. The newly crowned monarch faces rebellion from the powerful Percy family in the north. He also finds it impossible to manage his unruly son, Prince Hal. The young prince alternates between periods of drinking, whoring, and general dissipation with his companion, Sir John Falstaff, and brief periods of high heroics, such as the day on which he slays Harry Hotspur, leader of the rebellion against the king.
The first of two plays by William Shakespeare chronicling the violent reign of the usurper King Henry IV. The newly crowned monarch faces rebellion from the powerful Percy family in the north. He also finds it …
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