The sole danger is exaggeration. For the portentousness of the Welshmans's manner need not in itself be ridiculous...Irony is present, besides humour, in the quarrelling of these rash men over the division of a country not yet theirs. We should be made to feel, indeed, that they are doomed; that this is a final parting they are taking with their wives, its pathos only half concealed beneath the cheerful banter which Hotspur keeps up with Lady Percy.
I like this play. I would like to see scene 1 act 3 though. I like how King Henry commands authority and respect in that scene and the actor, Jon Finch, plays it well.
chitownsbabe 1 year ago