
Henry IV
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William Shakespeare’s epic historical masterworks *Henry IV, Part 1* and *Henry IV, Part 2* have graced the New York stage in various definitive, grand-scale classical revivals, most famously under the banner of The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater and Lincoln Center Theater's multi-Tony-winning 2003 production at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Blending intense political strategy and military battles with low-brow tavern comedy, the narrative charts King Henry IV as he defends his crown against rebellions, while his son Prince Hal rejects his royal duties to carouse with the unprincipled knight Sir John Falstaff. The 2003 Lincoln Center staging starred Kevin Kline and Ethan Hawke.

