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- Writer: William Shakespeare
- Written: 1597
- Setting: England
- Primary source: Chronicles by Raphael Holinshed
- Entered into Stationers' Register: February 25, 1598
- First Performance: March 6, 1600 at Court before the Flemish Ambassador
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Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare that chronicles a span of English history begining with the Battle of Humbleton Hill in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the Percys at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403.
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Synopsis
Henry IV has two main plots that intersect in a dramatic battle at the end of the play. The first plot concerns the strained relationship between King Henry IV and his son, Prince Harry. The second concerns a rebellion that is being plotted against King Henry by the Percys, a discontented family of noblemen in the North who are angry because of King Henry's refusal to acknowledge his debt to them.Characters
- King Henry the Fourth of England: Based on the historical King Henry IV of England. The first cousin of Richard II whom he supplanted in 1399.
- Prince Henry: Based on the youthful Henry V of England, the Prince of Wales.
- Lord John of Lancaster: Actually the third son of Henry IV, he was later made Duke of Bedford.
- Earl of Westmorland
- Sir Walter Blunt
- Earl of Worcester
- Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, Northumberland's son
- Edmund Mortimer, called Earl of March
- Lady Mortimer
- Owen Glendower, leader of the Welsh, and Lady Mortimer's father
- Earl of Douglas
- Falstaff|Sir John Falstaff: a fictional character and good friend of Prince Henry
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Henry IV, Part 1 in TV and Films
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1979: Henry IV, Part I (TV)
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