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Sir John Oldcastle

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"Sir John Oldcastle" by William Shakespeare is an Elizabethan play published in 1600. The work dramatizes the story of John Oldcastle, a 14th-/15th-century rebel and religious dissenter viewed by some as a proto-Protestant martyr. The play emerged from controversy surrounding Shakespeare's character Falstaff, originally named Oldcastle in "Henry IV," which offended the powerful Cobham family—descendants of the historical figure. Written actually by Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye, and Robert Wilson, this drama sought to rehabilitate Oldcastle's reputation as a valiant captain and godly martyr.

Sir John Oldcastle, from the public domain. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1788.

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22 Chapters

  1. 1.Act I: SCENE I. Hereford. A street1,063 words
  2. 2.Act I: SCENE II. Eltham. An antechamber in the1,390 words
  3. 3.Act I: SCENE III. Kent. An outer court before1,606 words
  4. 4.Act II: SCENE I. The same1,739 words
  5. 5.Act II: SCENE II. London. A room in the Axe Inn,929 words
  6. 6.Act II: SCENE III. An audience-chamber in the926 words
  7. 7.Act III: SCENE I. An avenue leading to lord1,825 words
  8. 8.Act III: SCENE II. A road near Highgate873 words
  9. 9.Act III: SCENE III. A high road in Kent292 words
  10. 10.Act III: SCENE IV. Blackheath1,039 words
  11. 11.Act IV: SCENE I. A field near London. King Henry’s camp1,491 words
  1. 12.Act IV: SCENE II. A field of Battle near London1,177 words
  2. 13.Act IV: SCENE III. Kent. Court before lord1,332 words
  3. 14.Act IV: SCENE IV. The entrance of the Tower945 words
  4. 15.Act V: SCENE I. A room in lord Cobham’s house499 words
  5. 16.Act V: SCENE II. A high road near St. Albans443 words
  6. 17.Act V: SCENE III. St. Albans. The entrance of a493 words
  7. 18.Act V: SCENE V. The same. A street322 words
  8. 19.Act V: SCENE VII. The same. The yard of the Inn627 words
  9. 20.Act V: SCENE VIII. A wood near St. Albans1,016 words
  10. 21.Act V: SCENE IX. St. Albans272 words
  11. 22.Act V: SCENE X. Hertford. A Hall of Justice1,431 words