The first part of King Henry the Fourth

King Henry IV, Part I, picks up where Richard II left off; Henry IV is now King of England but all is not well in his kingdom, Welsh leader Owen Glendower has defeated one of King Henry IV's armies, capturing Edmund Mortimer, its leader. Unfortunately our King does not have a son to take over the reins, his only son Henry V, known as Hal shirks responsibility, preferring to waste away his youth drinking, partying and getting up to trouble with his rogue friends, in particular a certain John Falstaff and his friend Poins.. . He even takes part in the robbery of travellers! If only the King could swap sons with the Percies, he's fighting; Hotspur, the son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland is by all accounts a brave, couageous soldier. In an important soliloquy, Hal reveals that though he has been keeping bad company, he will soon show his true colors at the right time…