2 Henry the Fourth for 12 plus Stage Directions
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Henry the Fourth reigned 1399–1413. The play opens in July 1403; closes in April 1413.
It is believed to have been written in 1597.

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1:	582	Sir John Falstaff, old and fat and drunken companion to the young Prince Hal: 1.2, 2.1, 2.4, 3.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5

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2:	303	King Henry IV, father of Prince Hal, Prince John, Gloucester, and Clarence: 3.1, 4.4, 4.5

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3:	297	Prince Henry or Hal, afterwards crowned King Henry V; known to Falstaff as Hal: 2.2, 2.4, 4.5, 5.2, 5.5

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4:	204	Justice Shallow, a country justice: 3.2, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5
	2	Snare, a sergeant: 2.1
	5	Lady Northumberland: 2.3 
	6	Peto, another “irregular humorist”: 2.4
	4	Will, 3rd Drawer at the tavern: 2.4
	8	Harcourt, of the King's party: 4.4
	1	2nd Strewer of rushes, or Groom: 5.5
	(total 230)

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5:	99	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Hotspur's father, opposing the King: 1.1, 2.3
	111	Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, of the King's party: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
	12	Feeble, a country soldier: 3.2
	2	3rd Strewer, or Groom: 5.5
	7	Fang, a sergeant: 2.1
	(total 231)

	
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6:	138	Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, against Henry IV: 1.3, 4.1, 4.2
	55	Bardolph, a completely different person from the Lord Bardolph; this Bardolph is an “irregular humorist”: 2.2, 2.4, 3.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.3
	79	Pistol, another “irregular humorist”: 2.4, 5.3, 5.5
	(total 272)

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7:	170	Lord Chief Justice of the King’s party: 1.2, 2.1, 5.2, 5.5
	78	Morton, a gentleman against Henry IV: 1.1
	12	Moldy, a country soldier: 3.2
	(total 260)

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8:	163	Mistress Quickly, Hostess of the inn: 2.1, 2.4, 5.4
	54	Thomas, Lord Mowbray, against Henry IV (the son of Thomas Mowbray we met in Richard II, the one who almost fought the duel with Bolingbroke): 1.3, 4.1, 4.2
	23	Thomas, Duke of Clarence, also brother to Prince Henry: 4.4, 4.5, 5.2
	(total 240)

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9:	69	Poins, best pal of Prince Hal: 2.2, 2.4
	46	Lady Kate Percy, widow of Hotspur: 2.3
	55	Ralph, Lord Hastings, opposing the King: 1.3, 4.1, 4.2
	43	Pageboy to Falstaff: 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4
	10	Beadle, a minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services: 5.4
	9	Sir John Coleville, opposing King Henry IV: 4.3
	4	Porter: 1.1
	(total 236)

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10:	87	Lord Bardolph, against Henry IV: 1.1, 1.3
	84	Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick: 3.1, 4.4, 4.5, 5.2
	17	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, brother to Prince Henry: 4.4, 4.5, 5.2
	3	1st Strewer of rushes, might be called a Groom: 5.5
	7	2nd Drawer at the tavern: 2.4
	4	Shadow and Wart, country soldiers: 3.2
	(total 202)

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11:	113	Prince John of Lancaster, brother to Prince Hal: 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 5.2
	83	Doll Tearsheet, bar wench at the tavern: 2.4, 5.4
	15	Travers, a gentleman against Henry IV: 1.1
	4	Servant: 1.2
	6	Thomas Gower, a gentleman of the King's party, as a messenger: 2.1
	13	Bullcalf, a country soldier: 3.2
	(total 234)

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12:	40	Rumor, speaking the Prologue, before Act 1.
	43	Justice Silence, a country justice: 3.1, 5.3
	37	Davy, servant to Master Shallow: 5.1, 5.3
	12	Francis, 1st Drawer at the tavern: 2.4
	4	Messenger: 4.1
	1	2nd Strewer or Groom: 5.5
	26	Epilogue
	(total 163)

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SD:		Stage Directions