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- 148 The Second Part of
Act II contains the rest of Shakespeare's Act II,with the Warkworth Castle scenes omitted.
Act III begins with the scene at Shallow's house,
but the rest of the act follows Shakespeare.
Act IV begins with the King's soliloquy on sleep,taken from Act III; then comes the scene of the
King's death, followed by the scene in which Silence
sings; and the act closes with the interview between
the Lord Chief Justice and King Henry V.
In Act V, Betterton omits the comic scenes (i. and
iv.), and opens the act with the King's progress to
Westminster Abbey. Falstaff is rebuked, but is not
sent to the Fleet, and the play concludes with an
abridgment of the first Act of Henry V.
Betterton had the good taste not to tamper with
Shakespeare's wording to any great extent.
On December 17, 1720, at Drury Lane, the play
was revived again. It was acted five nights succes
sively and once afterwards. It was in this revival
that Gibber first appeared as Justice Shallow and
made 'one of the great successes of the day.' Mills
was Falstaff, and Wilks the Prince. Eleven years
later (1731) came another Drury Lane revival, with
Mills as the Prince, Harper as Falstaff, and Gibber
still playing Shallow. Five years later (1736) the
same company, with the exception of Harper, pro
duced the play again at Drury Lane for the benefit
of the great Quin, who played Falstaff. In 1744
and 1749 there were revivals at the Covent Garden
Theatre, Quin again playing Falstaff.
A performance at Drury Lane in 1758 was made
notable by Garrick's first appearance in the role of
the King. He had appeared as Hotspur in Part I
twelve years before, but had not achieved great suc
cess in that role. As the King in Part II 'his figure
did not assist him, but the forcible expression of his
countenance, and his energy of utterance, made ample
amends for the defect of person.'
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