Henry IV, part I

Reception, reputation, and date

Sources: the chronicles

Daniel's 'Civil wars'

'Famous victories' and the prince's wild youth

Falstaff and the vice

Falstaff as soldier

Other Falstaff antecedents

Providential views of history versus Renaissance scepticism

The questions of structural unity

The pattern of oppositions: Hotspur and Falstaff on honour

From feudal chivalry to pragmatism: language and political change

Fathers and sons: role playing and identity

Falstaff's cowardice and lying: his play world

The 'education' of Prince Hal

The rejection of Falstaff

The play in performance

The text.