Download or read book Henry IV, Part 1 written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Henry IV considers the play in the context of various critical approaches, provides information on its historical background, and offers a history of the play in performance, as well as commentary on individual words and phrases and selections from Shakespeare's sources.