Owen Glendower

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• “Henry IV, Part 1”
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    In Henry IV, Part 1: A tale of fathers and sons (Act I)

    He learns that Owen Glendower, the Welsh chieftain, has captured Edmund Mortimer, the earl of March, and that Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, son of the earl of Northumberland, has refused to release his Scottish prisoners until the king has ransomed Mortimer. Henry laments that his own son,…

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• “Henry IV, Part 2”
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    In Henry IV, Part 2: Falstaff’s overreach (Acts I–III)

    …war against the Welsh chieftain Owen Glendower and Northumberland. Later, Northumberland is persuaded by his daughter-in-law Kate, Hotspur’s widow, to abandon the rebellion. The swaggering Falstaff, emboldened by Hal’s support of the false claim that he killed Hotspur, has become even more corpulent and outrageous. He sponges off his hostess,…

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