King Henry IV, Part 2

Written by William Shakespeare

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V. The play picks up where Henry IV, Part 1 left off. Its focus is on Prince Hal's journey toward kingship and his ultimate rejection of Falstaff. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Characters:

Rumour the Presenter and Lady Percy: Cecelia Prior
King Henry IV: Mark F. Smith
Henry, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Henry V: Max Porter Zasada
Prince John of Lancaster: Brian Edwards
Prince Humphrey of Gloucester: Simon Larois
Thomas, Duke of Clarence: Aleithia
Earl of Northumberland: Lisa Wilson
Scroop, Archbishop of York: Vin Reilly
Lord Mowbray: Ellis Christoff
Lord Hastings: hefyd
Lord Bardolph: David Leeson
Sir John Colville, Silence, Second Drawer, and Porter: Silence
Travers, Shadow, and Bullcalf: Daniel Hutton
Morton and Shallow: David Nicol
Earl of Warwick: Aaron Elliott & mb
Earl of Westmoreland: Larysa Jaworski
Gower: Miriam Esther Goldman
Harcourt: Jennifer Stearns
Lord Chief Justice and First Groom: Lars Rolander
Bardolph and Servant: David Lawrence
Sir John Falstaff: John Lieder
Edward Poins: Bellona Times
Pistol: Lorelle Anderson
Peto: Matthew Ward
Page and Dancer (Epilogue): Laurie Anne Walden
Davy, Mouldy, and Fang: Fr. Richard Zeile
Snare: Anna Simon
Thomas Wart: Lucy Perry
Francis Feeble: Cori Samuel
Francis, a drawer; Second and Third Grooms: Barry Eads
Lady Northumberland: BrianaBird
Hostess Quickly: Rosalind Wills
Doll Tearsheet:

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Reviews for King Henry IV, Part 2

[R. Michael Markham · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An excellent continuation of the ascension of KIng Henry V. The play was well read, a fitting sequel to King Henry IV, Part 1.