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While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince Hal and Falstaff, as the former tries to live up to his duties and responsibilities. In creating Falstaff Shakespeare gave us one of the theater's most enduring and memorable characters.

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Two of the bard's heavy dramas join Yale's wonderful Annotated Shakespeare series ... [How] can you go wrong? -Library Journal Library Journal

Two of the bard's heavy dramas join Yale's wonderful Annotated Shakespeare series .... [How] can you go wrong? -Library Journal * Library Journal *

Two of the bard's heavy dramas join Yale's wonderful Annotated Shakespeare series .. [How] can you go wrong? -Library Journal

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Burton Raffel (1928–2015) was professor of arts and humanities emeritus and professor of English emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain. Harold Bloom (1930–2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. His many books include The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds.

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