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Henry IV, Part 1
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Julian Glover, Richard Griffiths
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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This play introduces Shakespeare's greatest comedic character, the dissolute knight Sir John Falstaff.
While King Henry's England is threatened by rebellion, the king's scapegrace son Hal haunts the taverns of London, his companions a crew of rogues and thieves let by Falstaff. The earl of Northumberland and his fiery son Hotspur scheme to overthrow the crown. Can Hal be brought to a sense of duty as Prince of Wales? Or will the influence of Falstaff prove too strong? The issue is decided when Hal, Hotspur, and Falstaff come together at the climactic battle of Shrewsbury.
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- Kohmei
- 05-20-16
Chapters Mixed up
Any additional comments?
The chapter dose not play in the correct order and Act 3 scene 2 is missing
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- Diana S. Long
- 01-19-18
The Hollow Crown
I listened to the Arkangel full cast recording while reading the E Book format of the play from the Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare. The plays King Richard II, King Henry IV Pt. 1 and 2, and Henry V, are a part of what is termed “tetralogy” or four plays that go together like a book series. In the last play King Richard II, we find that Henry Bolingbroke has taken Richard's crown and made himself king. How precarious that crown sits upon his head...not everyone is pleased with the new king and there's plenty of mischief afoot. Not to mention a son who doesn't take much too seriously. The character that will steal the show and become a favorite is featured in this, namely Falstaff. With all the shenanigans going on within the play and beautiful singing in Welsh, I believe, it is a delightful entertaining story.
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- Darwin8u
- 05-27-17
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil
“O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!”
― William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 1
Falstaff!
Yes, I knew who he was. But until this year my exposure to Falstaff was mainly second-hand, through books that spoke of him. I hadn't touched any of Shakespeare's histories (I'm not counting Julius Caesar, etc., as a history) and so was surprised at just how much I liked this character. There are plays where the character and the play are equally matched (Othello, Hamlet, etc), but there are those plays where the character seems to float beyond the play. Henry IV, Part I seems like one of those. The play was great. I enjoyed it. But every time Falstaff arrived it seemed to jump up a level. It was certainly not a play where Falstaff played a central role. Obviously, Henry, Prince of Wales plays that part (and he is fascinating himself) but Falstaff just dervishes around the play making everything better. Breathing color and dynamics into every scene he is a part of. And he doesn't do it through and other-worldliness. He does it through his humanity, his base motives, and his complicated affections. There is no doubt that Henry loves Falstaff and that Falstaff loves Henry, but it is also clear that they are both using each other and KNOW the other is using them. It is perfect.
And the lines! Some of Shakespeare's great lines and great musings jump energetically from Falstaff's lips:
"Well, ’tis no matter; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honour set-to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word “honour”? What is that “honour”? Air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? He that died o’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. ’Tis insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I’ll none of it. Honour is a mere scutcheon. And so ends my catechism."
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- Natalia
- 08-31-17
Beautiful
Closest preformance to hollow crown movies... I loved the sound effects and the feeling put into the words
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- Ally9173
- 10-08-21
Not my fav Shakespeare but love this
This is by no means my favorite Shakespeare, but I really enjoyed this performance. I am taking a Shakespeare class and Henry IV Part I was assigned reading. I’ve been sick and reading the language of Shakespeare has been cognitively challenging. Then I found these audiobooks, and I read along while I listen. It’s so much better an experience than reading alone. The voice acting is wonderful and really draws you into the world.
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- Jessie
- 08-30-21
amazing!
the performance was perfect and left nothing to be desired. an amazing and necessary read.
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- karijoco
- 05-25-21
Why the weird music?
Please just say, "End Act I, Scene ___." Music is annoying and adds extra unnecessary time.
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- William
- 09-15-20
Loved the characters
The characters were so well done and energetic that it became such an engaging audio book!
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-24-20
hard to hear
the problem is that some actors were close to the mike and others seemed far away. almost all were chewing their words and I gave up because it was too hard to hear.
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- Jason Raye
- 06-25-19
Great Actors
This is a great story with a wonderful performance. The many characters kept me intrigued.
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- Shades of Blue Q
- 05-05-21
The right attitude for the right play! 1st class
Loved it from Start to finish, the cast all played their parts in good Shakespearean fashion, and now for part two.
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- michael Billington
- 01-23-20
Magnificent
Not a fan of Shakespeare, hated it at school, but decided to give this a try and was amazed and delighted. The story is familiar to all but the way in which the action moves from the high politics of the court to the low places of London is brilliant. And of course there is Falstaff, who is rightly regarded as one of the great characters in all of English literature. Stunning performances by the actors made this a joy for me and I would highly recommend it