The Henry IV Part 2 play is set in early fifteenth-century
England during the reign of King Henry IV. The scenes move
rapidly from one location to another, most of them in London.
The first scene takes place at Northumberland’s castle in
Warkworth, Northumberland. A later scene takes place there too,
and there are two scenes in the Forest of Gaultree. Two scenes
take place in Jusatice Shallow’s house in Gloucestershire. The
London scenes move between the Boar’s Head Tavern in Eastcheap
and Westminster Palace. Date written: 1596 – 1599 Genre
classification: Henry IV, Part 2 is a History Play. Main
characters in Henry IV Part 2: King Henry is exhausted and sick
from all the troubles he’s had as king, and he dies at the end
of the play. The central character is his son, Prince Henry,
known as Hal. He becomes King Henry V at the end of the play.
Sir John Falstaff is a companion of Hal’s. He is a fat,
dissolute, corrupt knight who has tried for some time to lead
the young prince into dissolute practices. He is one