Henry IV Part I<\/p>\n
Richard II is dead and his cousin Bolingbroke is now King Henry IV. Guilt about the removal of Richard troubles Henry\u2019s conscience. He’d like to go to the Holy Land to pay penance but there are problems at home.<\/p>\n
Henry\u2019s reign faces growing opposition from some of those nobles who helped him to the throne \u2013 especially the Percy family. Wales and Scotland are threatening rebellion and Richard’s nominated heir, Edmund Mortimer, looms on the horizon. King Henry\u2019s treatment of Henry \u2018Hotspur\u2019 Percy (the Earl of Northumberland’s son) only makes matters worse.<\/p>\n
Henry’s own son, Prince Hal, is living a dissolute life, frequenting the taverns of Eastcheap in the company of Sir John Falstaff and other disreputable characters. Opposition to the king becomes open rebellion, led by Hotspur \u2013 who now supports Edmund Mortimer\u2019s claim
\nto the throne. This rebellion brings Prince Hal back to his father’s side. The King\u2019s army meets the rebels at the battle of Shrewsbury, where Hal vows to seek out and defeat Hotspur…<\/p>\n
Henry IV Part II<\/p>\n
In despair at the death of his son, Hotspur, the Earl of Northumberland lends his support to a second rebellion, led by the Archbishop of York. As the threat of civil war looms, King Henry IV grows ill. He fears that his son Prince Hal has returned to his old life with Falstaff.<\/p>\n
The Chief Justice confronts Falstaff over reports of his criminal behaviour and, on top of that, Falstaff must face Mistress Quickly in court over unpaid debts. To keep him away from Hal, he is then sent on a recruiting expedition in support of King Henry and renews old acquaintances in Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n
The rebel army is met by the king’s forces, led this time by his younger son, Prince John, and bolstered by Falstaff’s recruits. On his deathbed, King Henry is reconciled with Hal, who has begun to distance himself from Eastcheap and his old friend Falstaff. A new, mature Hal accepts the crown as Henry V.<\/p>\n
Henry V<\/p>\n
Soon after his accession, King Henry V considers making a claim to rule France as well as England. While consulting the Archbishop of Canterbury as to the justness of his claim, he receives an insulting \u201cgift\u201d of tennis balls from the French Dauphin and is spurred on to invade France.<\/p>\n
The King\u2019s former companions from the Eastcheap taverns hear of the death of Sir John Falstaff from
\nMistress Quickly. They set out to join Henry\u2019s army.<\/p>\n
Despite the Dauphin\u2019s insistence that Henry is an unworthy opponent, King Charles of France receives
\nHenry\u2019s ambassadors but finally rejects Henry\u2019s claim to the crown. Henry\u2019s soldiers take the town
\nof Harfleur. While King Charles rouses his nobles to retaliation, his daughter Katherine begins to learn
\nEnglish with the help of her companion, Alice.<\/p>\n
The English soldiers are in poor condition disheartened by sickness and foul weather \u2013 and begin to make their way towards Calais. Henry rejects the French Herald\u2019s offer of ransom and the two armies prepare to fight.<\/p>\n
On the eve of the battle, Henry tours the camp in disguise and, sounding out the opinions of his men, considers the heavy responsibilities of kingship. In the French camp, by contrast, confidence is high. As battle begins, Henry rallies his troops and places them all in God\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
An English victory is confirmed, with miraculously small losses. The battle is named for the castle that stands nearby \u2013 Agincourt. As part of the subsequent treaty, Henry woos and wins Princess Katherine to ensure the linking of the two countries through marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373364,373315],"area_type":[350139],"event_language":[365763],"series":[387116,387378,387136],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1285861","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-theatre-drama-en","event_category-theatre-en","area_type-non-local","event_language-english","series-arts-festival","series-44th-2016","series-hong-kong-arts-festival","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1285861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1285861"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1285861"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1285861"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1285861"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1285861"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1285861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}