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i ct Two 1 ay 1471 l.The Roaci to Jhertsey
- T «elve Years have elapsed, tho dt-te of events
beint A.D.1483 -
2.A Ho ,m in Beynard Castle
Act Three A.i>.1463 l.The Hvll in Cros^y falace
2.The or me
Act Four ^art One - A.D. 1483
1.within the To. er
2.The Presence Chaucer (r.orr.ing)
3.The i-reseace Chamber (evening )
Part Two - A.fc. 1485
1.The Sanctuary
Act Five A.D.1485 l.The Camp on uos..cuta xield
2.The Country near Taim-orth
3.A Glade
4.The Battle Field
The clumsi..es&, of ti.ii civision is apparent: the only important
lapses of time cone in the midt le of Acts T o c.nc iour, and,
as Archer noticed, it takes t e Prince of teles t. elve ye; r_> to
Oet from Ludlo/; to London (1471-1483). In order to ^reseat the
historical events nore cle rly, I nsfielc had included the
Prologue from Jibber's version and e, scene (1.2 in ta- 1669
version) sho 1, ing the murder of King Henry - in other instances
he had follov.eo Shakespeare or Gibber as he s-iw fit, so th?t
the resulting text v;as a .)ftch-. ork. The revie. ers spent i-
good de 1 of effort Identifying the Cibberian tnc ohrkesjecreon
lines, c^nd oonoering the .Iscom of the readings, but it seance
by and large a \»orkrru nlike job - n c good tnu tttr ctive version",
co ::::entec T|ie Sta^e, ronincin^ readers the t ithout some ccoition;
1 explan tory scenes the pl^y v/?s not easily comorehensiblo
(22 Mi-rch).
The olay began with the Prologue, in v hich henry "1 lecrna
of his son's fete, and is c or/fitted to the Vo.er. iicn the
'.-•arrant a. rivas, Henry cccojts his imprisonment in lines
borrowed from Richard II :
Gooc. ni, ht to all then: I obey it.
( L i '.; ute nant r o u i re o )
Ana now, ±ioa friend, supoose me on my uoftii
Ana take of no thy last, short livin;, le- ve.
Ney, keep thy teM-, till t ; ou hast s-en me ceau;
i ,nci v;hen in t-oious winter ai_hts, ith