2 HENRY IV was first printed in 1600. Copy for this Quarto (which appears in two distinct states Qa & Qb) was likely Shakespeare’s foul papers; whereas copy for the First Folio’s version of the play was probably a promptbook (or transcript thereof). F contains additional matter.
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ACTS & SCENES are according to F (there are no divisions in Q)
1.1 [Induction]: line 1 (reads “Act 1 scene 1 begins at line 1″)
1.2: line 45
1.3: line 275
1.4: line 498
2.1: line 614
2.2: line 798
2.3: line 956
2.4: line 1029
3.1: line 1420
3.2: line 1531
4.1: line 1860
4.2: line 2369
5.1: line 2786
5.2: line 2878
5.3: line 3031
5.4: line 3168
5.5: line 3205
EPILOGUE: line 3324
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Entrances & exits of Characters
According to their order of appearance
• (46,274) reads “enters at line 46, exits at line 274″.
LORD BARDOLPH:
(46,274) (499,613)
NORTHUMBERLAND:
(55,274) (957,1028)
FALSTAFF:
(276,497) (648,788) (1061,1410) (1615,1754) (1775,1859) (2235,2368) (2786,2877) (3032,3167) (3211,3308)
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE:
(328,475) (665,788) (2879,3030) (3249,3322)
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK:
(499,613) (1861,2234)
MOWBRAY:
(499,613) (1861,2234)
MISTRESS QUICKLY:
(615,759) (1050,1419) (3169,3204)
BARDOLPH (one of Falstaff’s men):
(648,759) (855,944) (1136,1228) (1233,1419) (1586,1859) (2361,2368) (2786,2877) (3032,3167) (3211,3308)
PRINCE HAL (later King Henry V):
(790,955) (1256,1394) (2537,2571) (2621,2784) (2928,3030) (3247,3284)
POINS:
(790,955) (1256,1394)
LADY NORTHUMBERLAND:
(957,1028)
LADY PERCY:
(957,1028)
DOLL TEARSHEET:
(1050,1419) (3169,3204)
PISTOL:
(1136,1228) (3105,3167) (3211,3308)
KING HENRY IV:
(1421,1530) (2370,2784)
WARWICK:
(1453,1530) (2370,2543) (2572,2594) (2611,2623) (2763,2784) (2879,3030)
JUSTICE SHALLOW:
(1532,1754) (1775,1829) (2786,2877) (3032,3167) (3211,3308)
WESTMORLAND:
(1891,2048) (2094,2202) (2208,2234) (2259,2261) (2306,2312) (2459,2543)
PRINCE JOHN:
(2100,2234) (2259,2322) (2762,2784) (2897,3030) (3248,3322)
CLARENCE:
(2370,2543) (2572,2623) (2898,3030) (3248,3308)
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Characters may be separated into three groups:
• The REBELS’ party:
LORD BARDOLPH
NORTHUMBERLAND
ARCH. OF YORK
MOWBRAY
LADY NORTHUMBERLAND
LADY PERCY
• The KING’S party:
HENRY IV
WARWICK
WESTMORELAND
PRINCE JOHN
CLARENCE
PRINCE HAL
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
• The CLOWNS:
FALSTAFF
MISTRESS QUICKLY
BARDOLPH
DOLL TEARSHEET
PISTOL
JUSTICE SHALLOW.
• Though they are manifestly both of the King’s party neither PRINCE HAL (the future HENRY V) nor the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE are — dramatically speaking — clearly affiliated with it. Rather, they are COMICAL until the end of ACT 2, REGAL in ACT 5.
PRINCE HAL, incognito: (1256,1308), Conscious
POINS, incognito: (1256,1308), Conscious