Henry IV Part I William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare, Susannah Mandel, and Brian Phillips
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 1/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 3/5, Substance Use 3/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.
Description
The play concerns a trusted general who secretly lusts for power. Encouraged by the prophecies of three witches and urged on by his ambitious wife Macbeth commits regicide. Left fearful and superstitious by this desperate act he is driven to a spiralling course of murder and outrage, almost inevitably culminating in his own death.