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HENRY IV - HERBERT 417 disease . The chief comic effect of the play , of course , is derived from Bertie , guileless and timid and unfitted for business , yet somehow , and to his own surprise , accomplishing miracles .
HENRY IV - HERBERT 417 disease . The chief comic effect of the play , of course , is derived from Bertie , guileless and timid and unfitted for business , yet somehow , and to his own surprise , accomplishing miracles .
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466 KING HENRY THE FIFTH - KING HENRY VI Henry which is crushed by Prince John , younger son of the king . Henry , dying , draws from Prince Hal a promise that the latter will leave his riotous tavern life . Hal is crowned Henry V and ...
466 KING HENRY THE FIFTH - KING HENRY VI Henry which is crushed by Prince John , younger son of the king . Henry , dying , draws from Prince Hal a promise that the latter will leave his riotous tavern life . Hal is crowned Henry V and ...
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KING HENRY VIII - KING JOHN 467 York after his plot to seize the throne after the battle of St. Albans has failed . His son , however , carries on the cause of York and soon forces Henry into hiding while he assumes the crown as Edward ...
KING HENRY VIII - KING JOHN 467 York after his plot to seize the throne after the battle of St. Albans has failed . His son , however , carries on the cause of York and soon forces Henry into hiding while he assumes the crown as Edward ...
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Preface George Freedley | xii |
Curtain Curtain Bernard Sobel | 24 |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
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