Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2 – William Shakespeare – William Shakespeare

Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2 – William Shakespeare |

Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 is ahistory play byWilliam Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare’stetralogydealing with the successive reigns ofRichard II,Henry IV(two plays, includingHenry IV, Part 2), andHenry V.Henry IV, Part 1depicts a span of history that begins withHotspur‘s battle atHomildon in Northumberland againstDouglaslate in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels atShrewsburyin the middle of 1403.^[1]From the start, it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and critics.