Henry IV, Part 1 (Folger Shakespeare Library)

I find it difficult to read S's plays and this edition makes that difficulty disappear. The design = readability. With this edition, S's plays are fun to read.

My wife uses it for her club.

good version Norton's tend to have better notes

Not much to say honestly, because I haven't got a thing on Shakespeare except to say I love his work, his characters, his wit, his charm, the comedy, the tragedy, and...well you probably get my point.Henry IV Part I is personally my favorite of his plays and I take the typical stance of being a Falstaff sympathizer (expedited by Roger Allam's portrayal at Shakespeare's Globe and Orson Welles' in Chimes at Midnight), but enjoy all the characters and their interactions.Folger Shakespeare Library has been an excellent resource for me, as I came to these plays with absolutely no knowledge of Shakespeare whatsoever. There are word translations on one side of the page and text summaries for each act, and the occasional illustration. Can't ask for more for $6, 5 stars.

How nice to have this classic on kindle! Even better - I discovered that I can download my kindle selections onto my phone. Now I can read where ever I am! Ever sit in a doctor's office and hate that blaring television you can't turn off? Well, now you can whip out your favorite read and tune it out! There are no annoying commercials in a book!

I loved this play. The political and martial machinations are fascinating and well described but Falstaff steals the show. What is honor? Merely a funeral decoration. Heavy stuff.

I love the Folger editions of these books. I don't want my students using "no fear Shakespeare" because I want them to learn to read these themselves. The Folger editions are like "no fear Shakespeare" for smart people only because it doesn't spell everything out. You still have to understand the text. They have the definitions on one side of the page and the text on the other. It's certainly handy.

I always buy Folger paperbacks of Shakespeare's plays if possible. Great dramaturgical material. Very accessible footnotes.

The Folger Library deserves a lot of praise for the quality of this ebook edition of this Shakespeare classic with easily accessed footnotes provided in a form that does not distract from the text. Even the typical Foger essays are better in this edition than in most others in their series.This was the first time I had read Henry IV, part 1 and now understand why it is such a favorite. Knowing Falstaff only from the later works, Falstaff in part 1 is shown to be a brilliant comic character. Hotspur, on the other hand, shows himself to be a poor leader with weak judgement leading to his eventual destruction. In contrast, Prince Hal shows qualities that will make him a fine leader.One of the themes of the play fits well with the current political landscape since it deals with the presentation of alternate facts about events and the nature of truth.The play is rich in characters and themes that will allow it to be read with pleasure many times.

Worthless for 300 price range! It doesn't have paraphrase or any specific analysis.

Great

Excellent.

I read the Folger edition of this play and found it to be very useful. In this edition, the play is contained on the right hand page and relevant notes are supplied on teh left had page. I found this to be very convenient in that explanations of idioms and archaic words are supplied immediately adjacent to their occurrence in the play.For me, the essence of this play comes in Falstaff's speech about 'honor' and the inherent worthlessness in the conventional conception of it. I don't know if Shakespeare scholars would agree with me but form teh plays that I have read Shakespeare has a significant antiwar theme that crosses many of his plays. Falstaff's deprecation of military honor would appear to me to be a part of that. War bring chaos and killing and there is no honor in that. A war that is caused by the ambition or the recklessness of the powerful may be seen by them to be a war for honor but honor in that form is hollow and worthless. That is what I see described in Falstaff's speech