Henry IV Part 2 (1921) Yale/Text

by William Shakespeare

Layout 2

 

The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth

 

ACTS: (not listed in original)

• Induction
• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Act IV
• Act V
• Epilogue

 

[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.]

 

Rumour, the Presenter

King Henry the Fourth

Prince Henry, afterwards crowned King Henry the Fifth

Prince John of Lancaster,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Sons to Henry the Fourth, and brethren to Henry the Fifth
Humphrey of Gloucester,
Thomas of Clarence,

Northumberland,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Opposites against King Henry the Fourth
The Archbishop of York,
Mowbray,
Hastings,
Lord Bardolph,
Travers,
Morton,
Colevile,

Warwick,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Of the King's Party
Westmoreland,
Surrey,
Gower,
Harcourt,
[Blunt],
Lord Chief Justice,

[Servant to the Lord Chief Justice]

Poins, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Peto, Page, Irregular Humorists

Shallow and Silence, Both Country Justices

Davy, servant to Shallow

Fang and Snare, two sergeants

Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, Bullcalf, Country Soldiers

[Porter at Warkworth Castle]

[Francis, a Drawer]

Drawers, Beadles, Grooms

[Lords and Attendants, Officers and Soldiers]

 

Northumberland's Wife

Percy's Widow

Hostess Quickly

Doll Tearsheet

Epilogue

 

Dramatis Personæ; cf. App. C
Opposites: adversaries
Irregular: lawless, unconventional
Drawer: waiter