THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE FOURTH
WITH THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HENRY
SIRNAMED HOT-SPURRE (ca. 1596-7)
1 HENRY IV was entered in the Stationers Register on 25 Feb. 1598. Q1 appeared shortly after but only a fragment remains extant (1.3.201-2.2.111 / TLN 525-847). The complete authoritative text is therefore that of Q2, also from 1598, entitled
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!!!« The Historie of Henry the Fourth; With the battell at Shrewsburie, betweene the King and Lord Henry Percy, Surnamed Henry Hotspur of the North. With the humourous conceits of Sir John Falstaffe.»
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Contrary to the Quarto titles of 2 & 3 HENRY VI, it does not seem as if 1 HENRY IV was — at the outset — meant to be followed by 2 HENRY IV (indeed, 1 HENRY IV might itself be perceived as an apt serio-comic conclusion to RICHARD II)
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Oxford editors believe that the copy for Q1 (of which Q2 seems a re-print) was most likely a scribal transcript of Shakespeare’s foul papers (and not the foul papers themselves).
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The F text (which introduces the subdivision of Acts & Scenes) was probably set from a copy of the 1613 Q6 that may have been slightly annotated from a promptbook (or a transcript thereof).
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!!X AXIS: 3180 lines
Subdivision of ACTS & SCENES are according to F (there are no subdivisions in Q1-7)
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• 1.1: line 1 (reads "Act 1 scene 1 begins at line 1")
• 1.2: line 113
• 1.3: line 319
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• 2.1: line 633
• 2.2: line 734
• 2.3: line 848
• 2.4: line 964
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• 3.1: line 1519
• 3.2: line 1814
• 3.3: line 2002
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• 4.1: line 2218
• 4.2: line 2374
• 4.3: line 2457
• 4.4: line 2586
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• 5.1: line 2631
• 5.2: line 2780
• 5.3: line 2956
• 5.4: line 3132
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!!Y AXIS: ENTRANCES & EXITS
Entrances & exits of Characters
According to their order of appearance
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• (3,111) reads "enters at line 3, exits at line 111".
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• (3020 [rip 3051] 3131) reads "enters at line 3020, dies at
line 3051, corpse exits at line 3131).
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PRINCIPAL Characters are CAPITALIZED
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KING HENRY IV:
(3,111) (320,445) (1815,2001) (2632,2758) (2889,2922) (2957,3019) (3134,3180)
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Lancaster
(3,111) (2632,2758) (2890,2922) (2958,2974) (3094,3127) (3134,3180)
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Westmerland
(3,111) (2423,2456) (2632,2758) (2890,2922) (2959,2974) (3135,3180)
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PRINCE HAL:
(113,318) (735,808) (825,847) (965,1518) (1815,2001) (2092,2213) (2423,2456) (2632,2779) (2890,2922) (2933,2948) (2957,2982) (2998,3075) (3094,3127) (3134,3180)
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FALSTAFF:
(113,260) (739,825) (832,840) (1075,1253) (1282,1466) (1494,1518) (2003,2217) (2375,2456) (2632,2779) (2889,2922) (2923,2955) (3037,3131)
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Poins
(213,318) (735,808) (825,847) (965,1464)
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Northumberland
(320,632)
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HOTSPUR:
(320,632) (849,963) (1520,1808) (2219,2373) (2458,2585) (2810,2922) (3020 [rip 3051], 3131)
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BLUNT:
(320,445) (1982,2001) (2495,2585) (2632,2758) (2891 [rip 2905],2955)
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WORCESTER:
(320,342) (451,632) (1520,1813) (2219,2373) (2458,2585) (2645,2752) (2781,2922) (3135,3152
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Gadshill
(666,733) (782,825) (832,840) (1075, 1464)
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Chamberlain
(682,733)
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Peto
(735,825) (832,840) (1075, 1518) (2092,2213)
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BARDOLPH
(785,825) (832,840) (1075, 1439) (1440, 1464) (2003,2213) (2375,2385)
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LADY PERCY
(883,963) (1725,1808)
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MISTRESS QUICKLY
(1239,1439) (1445,1467) (2053,2183)
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Mortimer
(1521,1813)
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Glendower
(1521,1675) (1727,1813)
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DOUGLAS
(2220,2373) (2458,2585) (2810,2818) (2826,2890) (2891,2922)
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VERNON
(2313,2373) (2459,2585) (2781,2890) (3136,3152)
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Archbishop SCROOP
(2587,2630)
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Sir Michael
(2587,2630)
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!!PLOT & COLOURING
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Characters may be separated into three groups:
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!!!The REBELS’ party:
HOTSPUR
Northumberland
WORCESTER
Lady Percy
Mortimer
Glendower
DOUGLAS
VERNON
Scroop
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!!!The KING’S party:
HENRY IV
LANCASTER
BLUNT
WESTMORELAND
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!!!The CLOWNS:
FALSTAFF
Poins
Gadshill
Hostess (Mistress Quickly)
BARDOLPH
Peto
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!!METATHEATRE
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PRINCE & POINS are disguised: (826,840)
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There is a brief PLAY WITHIN THE PLAY
(or, rather, a Scene within the scene): (1332,1439)
