The relationship between Prince Hal and John Falstaff, a favorite of Shakespeare scholars, is the focus of this condensed ...

Henry Bolingbroke has ascended the throne as King Henry IV. Hounded by misgivings over slaying Richard II, he endorses a crusade in the Holy Land but is thwarted by unrest in Scotland and Wales.

Meanwhile, Prince Hal again disappoints King Henry IV because of continued association with the lowlives of London. Prince Hal's brother, Prince John, undoes the rebellion through devious ...