“I must admit I prefer watching a performance of Shakespeare to reading his works. I think so much is lost when one reads a play rather than experiencing it. With Shakespeare's history plays this is especially true. Henry IV has a tendency to be dry and dull. It is dialogue heavy with an involved backstory, of which the reader needs some knowledge. I watched a version of it performed by the BBC and I found that the visual overcomes this and other faults the text just can't seem to get...”

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