No Fear Shakespeare
Henry IV Part 2
Act 1, Scene 1
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Enter LORD BARDOLPH
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LORD BARDOLPH enters. |
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LORD BARDOLPH
Who keeps the gate here, ho?
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LORD BARDOLPH
Hello? Who’s the doorman around here?
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Enter the PORTER
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The PORTER opens the door. |
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Where is the Earl?
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(to the PORTER) Where’s the Earl?
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PORTER
What shall I say you are?
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PORTER
Who shall I say you are?
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LORD BARDOLPH
Tell thou the Earl
That the Lord Bardolph doth attend him here.
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LORD BARDOLPH
Tell the Earl that the Lord Bardolph is here to see him.
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PORTER
His lordship is walked forth into the orchard.
Please it your Honor knock but at the gate
And he himself will answer.
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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.
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NORTHUMBERLAND Enter |
NORTHUMBERLAND enters from another side of the stage. |
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LORD BARDOLPH
Here comes the Earl.
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LORD BARDOLPH
Here comes the Earl.
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Exit PORTER
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The PORTER exits. |
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NORTHUMBERLAND
What news, Lord Bardolph? Every minute now
Should be the father of some stratagem.
The times are wild. Contention, like a horse
Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose
And bears down all before him.
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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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