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- 150 Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
his declamation was unpleasant, harsh, and grating.
Kemble's poses were studied but graceful, not like
the stiff upright poses of Macready wherein I have
often wondered how he could preserve his equilib
rium."
On March 17, 1853, in his ninth season at Sadler's
Wells, Samuel Phelps produced King Henry IV,
Part II, he himself playing the double role of the
King and Justice Shallow. Contemporary reviews
speak of his complete triumph, and say that sceptical
critics are now converted to this as a stage play.
Phelps used Betterton's version, and revived the play
again in London in 1864 and in 1874. In the 1874
production Forbes-Robertson, aged 21, appeared as
Prince Hal. William Winter records an interesting
anecdote of the first rehearsal. Phelps, after watch
ing Forbes-Robertson for a time, said: 'Young man,
I see that you know nothing about this. Come to my
room tonight.'
The play has been practically unknown on the
American stage. There were twenty-six revivals of
Part I in America in the eighteenth century, but
apparently none of Part II. In the nineteenth cen
tury the American comedian, James H. Hackett,
played the part of Falstaff almost annually from
1830 to 1870, in both England and America, but it
was the Falstaff of Part I and of The Merry Wives.
In 1895-1896 Miss Julia Marlowe played the part
of Prince Hal in an abridged version of the two parts
of the play; and in 1896-1897 Daly planned a revival
which never got beyond rehearsal. Miss Ada Rehan
was to play Prince Hal, and James Lewis, Falstaff.
The Delta Psi Dramatic Club of Harvard University
gave a creditable amateur performance of Part II in
the winter of 1915-1916.
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