(505,626) (823,884) ([1081] 1119,1144) (RIP 2530)

(505,626) (823,884) ([1081] 1119,1144) (RIP 1550)

(530,588) (614,626) (823,884) (RIP 2976)

(640,810) RIP

(2385,2445) (RIP 2534)

METATHEATRE

King Henry is DISGUISED (consciously) as a GENTLEMAN : 1881–2073

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURRY

GLOUCESTER:

EXETER:

NYM:

BARDOLPH:

MISTRESS QUICKLY

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ACT 1 : line 36\\

PROLOGUE : line 1 (reads “Prologue begins at line 1″)\\

ACT 1 : line 36\\

ACT 2 : line 462\\

ACT 3 : line 1044\\

ACT 4 : line 1788\\

ACT 5 : line 2849\\

THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFT (ca. 1598–99)

The play was first published as a “bad” Quarto in 1600, which was reprinted in 1602 (Q2) and 1619 (Q3). Copy was a memorial reconstruction of performances.

F provides the authoritative version. Print house copy was Shakespeare’s foul papers (with some consultation of Q3).

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X AXIS (abscisses): 3381 lines

F gives ACTS only

PROLOGUE : line 1 (reads “Prologue begins at line 1″)

ACT 1 : line 36

ACT 2 : line 462

ACT 3 : line 1044

ACT 4 : line 1788

ACT 5 : line 2849

EPILOGUE : line 3367

NOTA : The above act-division is the correct one (since the character of the CHORUS enters at the beginning of each new act). But it is not the act-division of the FOLIO, which is (obviously) imperfect. As Oxford editor Gary Taylor writes in the TEXTUAL COMPANION “Acts 1 and 5 [in the FOLIO] are correctly indicated, but there is no division before the second speech of the CHORUS [lines 462–504]. As a result of this oversight, the FOLIO marks Acts 3 and 4 as 2 and 3, and begins its Act 4 at line 2523, a clearly impossible arrangement “.

The standard SCENE-division (as a whole) was established by Capell (1768)

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Prologue: line 1 (reads “Prologue begins at line 1”)

1.1: line 36

1.2: line 143

Chorus: line 462

2.1: line 505

2.2: line 627

2.3: line 823

2.4: line 885

Chorus: line 1044

3.1: line 1081

3.2: line 1120

3.3: line 1259

3.4: line 1320

3.5: line 1378

3.6: line 1449

3.7: line 1624

Chorus: line 1788

4.1: line 1844

4.2: line 2165

4.3: line 2237

4.4: line 2384

4.5: line 2457

4.6: line 2483

4.7: line 2523

4.8: line 2713

Chorus: line 2849

5.1: line 2897

5.2: line 2984

EPILOGUE: line 3367

FINIS @ line 3381

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Y AXIS (ordonnées):

Entrances & exits of Characters

According to their order of appearance.

• (1,35) reads “enters at line 1, exits at line 35″.

• ([1081] 1119,1144)

reads “character is likely present from line 1081 though actual entrance is indicated at line 1119, at which point character moves to foreground until his exit at line 1144”.

• Conversely, (1136,1258 [1319])

reads “character enters at line 1136 and exits at line 1258 though he probably remains onstage — in the background — until line 1319”.

• PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS are capitalized.

CHORUS:

(1,35) (463,504) (1044,1080) (1789,1843) (2850,2896) (3367,3381)

Archbishop of Canterbury:

(37,142) (152,461)

KING HENRY:

(143,461) (640,822) (1081,1118) (1259,1319) (1534,1623) (1844,2164) (2258,2383) (2483,2523) (2578,2712) (2739,2848) (2984,3366)

Gloucester:

(143,461) (1081,1118) (1259,1319) (1534,1623) (1844,1880) (2159,2164) (2237,2383) (2578,2712) (2734,2848) (2984,3086) (3269,3366)

Exeter:

(143,461) (627,810) (968,1042) (1081,1118) (1259,1319) (2237,2383) (2483,2523) (2578,2712) (2739,2848) (2984,3086) (3269,3366)

French ambassador:

(381,448)

Nym:

(505,626) (823,884) ([1081] 1119,1144)

Bardolph:

(505,626) (823,884) ([1081] 1119,1144)

PISTOLL:

(530,626) (823,884) ([1081] 1119,1144) (1469,1506) (1882,1909) (2385,2445) (2911,2983)

Mistress Quickly:

(530,588) (614,626) (823,884)

Boy (Page to Bardolph):

(580,626) (823,884) ([1081] 1119,1170) (2385,2456)

Scroop, Cambridge & Grey (The traitorous threesome):

(640,810)

KING OF FRANCE (Charles VI):

(885,1042) (1378,1448) (2986,3086) (3269,3366)

DAUPHIN:

(885,1042) (1378,1448) (1625,1715) (2165,2236) (2457,2482)

Constable of France

(885,1042) (1379,1448) (1624,1787) (2174,2236) (2457,2482)

FLUELLEN (Welsh officer):

(1136,1258 [1319]) (1450,1623) (1912,1931) (2525,2698) (2715,2848) (2897,2963)

Gower (English officer):

(1171,1258 [1319]) (1449,1623) (1912,1931) (2525,2577) (2713,2848) (2897,2974)

Governor of Harfleur:

(1303,1319)

KATHERINE (daughter of Charles VI):

(1320,1377) (2986,3366)

Alice (her lady in waiting):

(1320,1377) (2986,3366)

Mountjoy (French herald):

(1562,1618) (2324,2375) (2591,2649)

Erpingham (English officer):

(1847,1880) (2135,2140) (2237,2383)

Williams (English soldier):

(1934,2073) (2646,2682) (2713,2848)

French soldier (captured by Pistoll):

(2385,2445)

Isabel (Queen of France):

(2985,3086) (3269,3366)

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PLOTS & COLOURS

THE FRENCH:

CHARLES VI

DAUPHIN

Constable

Ambassadeur

Gouverneur

Mountjoy

KATHERINE

Alice

Isabel

French soldiers

THE ENGLISH:

KING HENRY

Gloster

Exeter

Erpingham

Williams

THE CLOWNS:

Nym

Bardolph

PISTOLL

Quickly

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FLUELLEN

Gower.