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“Tut, tut! Good enough to toss; food for powder, food for powder. They’ll fill a pit as good as better. Tush, man, mortal men, mortal men.”
Henry IV, Part One Act Four By Dennis Abrams ———————- Act Four: Rumors of Hal’s unexpected appearance reach the rebels, already reeling from bad news about Northumberland (who is seriously ill), and Glendower’s army (badly unprepared and not yet available). … Continue reading
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“I’ll so offend to make offense a skill,/Redeeming time when men think least I will.”
Henry IV, Part One Act One, Part Two By Dennis Abrams —————– Before returning to Tony Tanner’s examination of the first three scenes of Act One, a little more background on Falstaff. In the earliest versions of 1 Henry IV, … Continue reading
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