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Podcast: Expanding Eyes: A Visionary Education
Episode: Episode 132: Shakespeare’s 2 Henry IV, Acts 4 and 4. Prince John Defeats the Rebels. Henry IV Collapses and Lies Unconscious. Hal Puts on the Crown. The King Accuses Him.
Description: Prince John defeats the rebels without battle by breaking his word to them with cold calculation. Falstaff carouses with Shallow and Silence, and remembers the “chimes at midnight” from the days of their youth. On the good news of the rebels’ defeat, Henry IV collapses. Hal enters his chamber, sees him unconscious, assumes him dead, and puts on the crown. Henry wakes and accuses Hal of being eager to assume the crown.