Arden Shakespeare Third Series, 21: King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series (Hardcover)

William Shakespeare; James C Bulman; Ann Thompson
 9781904271369
1-904271-36-7

More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1, the play continues the story of King Henry's decline and Hal's reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff's revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V. James C. Bulman's authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.