Henry IV: Douglas And Henry IV

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I liked the staging for all of the battle scenes. In the first battle scene I enjoyed how both sides charged off stage left. I also noticed that when the opposing teams would fight one on one they would stand diagonal from one another and on different levels. It always seemed that the person who was going to lose the fight or almost lose the fight would be on the higher platform. For example when when Douglas and Henry IV were battling Henry IV was on the higher platform but Douglas would have defeated him is Prince Hal did not save him.

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