≪ br/>"contexts and sources" Includes duelling arguments on the play's completeness (one play or one half of a play?) and the naming of a central character (Falstaff or oldcastle?).≪ br/> "criticism" Includes twenty-four essays-fromm e. M. W. Tillyard's classic argument of an ordered Shakespearean universe to Graham holderness's rebuttal to Gus Van sant's interview regarding 1 Henry iv as the inspiration for his cult film, My own private idaho--nineteen of them new to the third edition.≪ br/> The selected bibliography has been thoroughly updated.