sons but, as lords of the land, have the weal and woe of thousands in their hand. This, Shakespeare has intimated in a beautiful manner by the short intermediate scene with Sir John Colevile (Act IV, iii), which has its significance and justification from this very circumstance.-ULRICI, Shakespeare's Dramatic Art. RUMOR, the Presenter KING HENRY the Fourth HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, afterwards King Henry V, THOMAS, DUKE OF CLARENCE, PRINCE JOHN OF LANCASTER, PRINCE HUMPHREY OF GLOUCESTER, EARL OF WARWICK EARL OF WESTMORELAND EARL OF SURREY his sons DAVY, servant to Shallow MOULDY, SHADOW, WART, FEEBLE, and BULLCALF, recruits FANG and SNARE, sheriff's officers LADY NORTHUMBERLAND LADY PERCY MISTRESS QUICKLY, hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap DOLL TEARSHEET Lords and Attendants; Porter, Drawers, Beadles, Grooms, &c. A Dancer, speaker of the Epilogue SCENE: England SYNOPSIS By J. ELLIS BURDICK ACT I Hotspur's father, the Earl of Northumberland, hears of his son's defeat and death at Shrewsbury and that the king has sent John of Lancaster and the Earl of Westmoreland against him. His anger at this news gives him strength and he resolves to resist. Scroop, Archbishop of York, becomes commander of the insurgent army. ACT II Sir John Falstaff while levying troops runs up an account at the tavern and the hostess threatens to sue him. The Prince of Wales finds him at the tavern and he is summoned to take up his army duties. ACT III Henry IV is disheartened over his own failing health and the wars in the north; he believes that the rebels are aiming at his throne; and his inability to keep his vow to visit the Holy Land also worries him. ACT IV In Gaultree Forest in Yorkshire the Archbishop of York at the head of the rebels faces John of Lancaster with the royal forces. The latter calls a conference of the rebel chieftains, promises to redress their grievances, and urges that both armies be dispersed. The rebels assent and begin to disperse their forces. Immediately, Lancaster has the rebel leaders, Hastings, York, and Mowbray, arrested, and |