Henry IV, Part 1 (again)

When, on Friday morning, I ordered my ticket for the Saturday night performance of American Shakespeare Center's production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Pt. 1 (which I also saw six weeks ago and discussed here), I was told I was getting the last reserved seat in the house. It's always exciting to see a big crowd at this little theater, so I was looking forward to the show.

It turns out that the reason for the packed house was a group: a reunion of participants from James Madison University's...