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... Holinshed , Chronicles . - As an historical play the First Part of Henry IV . cannot be dissociated from Richard II ... Holinshed's Chronicles , 1578-87 . On the whole Shakespeare adheres to the facts of history , but he does not scruple ...
... Holinshed , Chronicles . - As an historical play the First Part of Henry IV . cannot be dissociated from Richard II ... Holinshed's Chronicles , 1578-87 . On the whole Shakespeare adheres to the facts of history , but he does not scruple ...
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... ( Holinshed , Chronicles , ed . 1808 , iii . 18 , 19 ) . Holinshed does not make it clear what time elapsed between the death of Richard II , and the events with which the First Part of Henry IV . opens , but a little investigation ...
... ( Holinshed , Chronicles , ed . 1808 , iii . 18 , 19 ) . Holinshed does not make it clear what time elapsed between the death of Richard II , and the events with which the First Part of Henry IV . opens , but a little investigation ...
Page xiv
... Holinshed supplies no authority . Shakespeare's purpose is obvious . He needed the younger , staider brother as a foil to the wild , if heroic , Prince Hal . So Lady Percy and Lady Mortimer , although , like Prince John , historical ...
... Holinshed supplies no authority . Shakespeare's purpose is obvious . He needed the younger , staider brother as a foil to the wild , if heroic , Prince Hal . So Lady Percy and Lady Mortimer , although , like Prince John , historical ...
Page xv
... Holinshed in confounding Sir Edmund Mortimer with Edmund Mortimer , Earl of March.2 Sir Edmund , who was defeated and captured by Glendower at Pilleth , in Radnorshire , June 22 , 1402 , was the second son of Edmund third Earl of March ...
... Holinshed in confounding Sir Edmund Mortimer with Edmund Mortimer , Earl of March.2 Sir Edmund , who was defeated and captured by Glendower at Pilleth , in Radnorshire , June 22 , 1402 , was the second son of Edmund third Earl of March ...
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... Holinshed ( Chronicles , ed . 1808 , iii . 4 ) , Prince Henry in October , 1399 , was twelve years old . Born in August , 1387 , he was at the time the play opens fourteen years old . But even if he had been then the young man that ...
... Holinshed ( Chronicles , ed . 1808 , iii . 4 ) , Prince Henry in October , 1399 , was twelve years old . Born in August , 1387 , he was at the time the play opens fourteen years old . But even if he had been then the young man that ...
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