No Fear Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 2: Act 1, scene i

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Enter LORD BARDOLPH

LORD BARDOLPH enters.

	LORD BARDOLPH
	Who keeps the gate here, ho?

LORD BARDOLPH

Hello? Who's the doorman around here?

Enter the PORTER

The PORTER opens the door.

Where is the Earl?

(to the PORTER) Where's the Earl?

	PORTER
	What shall I say you are?

PORTER

Who shall I say you are?

	LORD BARDOLPH
	Tell thou the Earl
	That the Lord Bardolph doth attend him here.

LORD BARDOLPH

Tell the Earl that the Lord Bardolph is here to see him.

	PORTER
	His lordship is walked forth into the orchard.
5	Please it your Honor knock but at the gate
	And he himself will answer.

PORTER

His lordship is out walking in the orchard. If you don't mind, knock at the orchard gate and he'll answer it himself.

NORTHUMBERLAND Enter

NORTHUMBERLAND enters from another side of the stage.

	LORD BARDOLPH
	Here comes the Earl.

LORD BARDOLPH

Here comes the Earl.

Exit PORTER

The PORTER exits.

	NORTHUMBERLAND
	What news, Lord Bardolph? Every minute now
	Should be the father of some stratagem.
	The times are wild. Contention, like a horse
10	Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose
	And bears down all before him.

NORTHUMBERLAND

What's the news, Lord Bardolph? Every minute, new violence erupts; it is a wild time. Conflict is like a horse, fed with too much rich food: it has broken out uncontrollably, and tramples everyone who stands before it.


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