Sunday, 18 May 2014

Henry IV Part One, study links

For those sweating to death and larding the lean earth for a Henry IV(1) exam, here's a gathering of links. Though I'm sure it's all in hand ...

The whole darned thing (Globe production) is available on digitaltheatre.com, and the good news is our ancient foundation subscribes, so you can watch it anywhere on the network:
https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com

Radio production with the brilliant Leo McKern as Falstaff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2lPfomaKU

Andrew Moore's commentary is really good:
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/shakespeare/henry4part1.htm

Schmoop. Lively breezy commentary:
http://www.shmoop.com/henry-iv-part-1/

Useful stuff on Shakespeare online
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/playanalysis/1henryIVcommentary.html

For the analysis of a passage, this RSC publication is a really good guide to the fundamentals:
http://www.teachingshakespeare.ac.uk/downloads/ts_shakespeares_language.pdf

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