Why doth the crown lie there upon his pi...
Monologue Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Four, Scene Five
Time & Place
Westminster Palace, 1400s, King's bedchamber
Length
Medium
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
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Context
Prince Hal has just returned to Westminster
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Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow,
Being so troublesome a bedfellow?
O polish'd perturbation! golden care!
That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide
To many a watchful night! sleep with it now!
Yet not so sound and half
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