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''[[Henry IV, Part I]]'' is a history play by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare].
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==The original text==
 
 
 
Believed to have been written circa 1597 and probably performed that year. The play was entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 25 February 1598, and first printed in quarto later that year by Andrew Wise.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Hendrik IV]]'' by *
 
 
 
Translated into [[Setswana]] as ''[[Kgosi Henry wa Bone]]'' by [[M.O.M. Seboni]] (Michael Ontefetse Martinus Seboni,  1912-) and published in Johannesburg by [[Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel]],  1952.
 
 
 
Translated into [[Northern Sotho]] as ''[[Kgosi Henri IV]]'' (1973) by [[N.C. Phatudi]]
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1801: First performed in South Africa by the [[Garrison Players]] as the opening piece of the new theatre, [[The African Theatre]], in Cape Town. It also contained an address to Apollo, written by [[Mrs Somers]], which was spoken by [[Dr Somers]], who also played "Fallstaff", while Mr Cockburn is anmed of one of the people who had painted the scenery.  Apparently it was popular and ran for a week, even though [[Lady Anne Barnard]],  called it a "dull play" in her correspondence.
 
 
 
1853: Selections from the play were performed in [[The Lyceum]] by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]] on  22 October, followed by  ''[[The Spare Bed]]'' (Fox Cooper), ''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' ( Morton). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1
 
 
 
[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: pp. 27, 81.
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 67, 508
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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