Henri IV (1re Partie)

Prince Hal, heir to the English throne, wastes his youth in London taverns with thieves, cutpurses, and the incomparable Sir John Falstaff. But England is fracturing: Hotspur, the fiery Earl of Northumberland, rallies nobles against King Henry, and the prince must choose between the easy camaraderie of the Boar's Head and the weight of a crown. Shakespeare weaves low comedy with high politics in this explosive history play, asking what it truly costs to become a king. Falstaff alone is worth the journey, a rogue, a coward, a philosopher of pleasure who dissects honor with devastating wit. Five centuries later, the play remains astonishingly alive: a coming-of-age story wrapped in rebellion, a comedy that cuts to bone, a portrait of power and its price.