More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1 the play continues the story of King Henrys decline and Hals reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play it is a darker and more unsettling world in which even Falstaffs revelry is more tired and cynical and the oncemerry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V. James C. Bulmans authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.show more