Canadian author Crad Kilodney created the “Shakespeare For White Trash” series to make Shakespeare understandable and enjoyable to the many millions of people living now who have little or no knowledge of Shakespeare, and to prove to them that the stories contained in Shakespeare's plays are superb. The plots and characters are unchanged, but everything else has been radically restyled. Read Crad's versions and you will become a Shakespeare fan.  Enjoy!Kilodney originally posted his versions on Wordpress.com from 2010 to shortly before his death in 2014. It was the first time that all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays had been rewritten by one author and published in one place. They are re-packaged here to increase the likelyhood of people, like you, finding them.Mr. Kilodney hoped acting companies would be encouraged to stage these plays more often.Gist of the story:Henry IV, Part Oneis the sequel toRichard II. In the previous play, we met two ofthe three Percys — Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and his son Harry “Hotspur” Percy. ThomasPercy, Earl of Worcester, was referred to. The Percys supported Henry before he was King, when hereturned from exile. Now that he has become King, the Percys have fallen out with him, believing thatthey have been used. They put together a rebel alliance, including the Welsh, the Scots, and theArchbishop of York. But the real star of the play is Prince Henry, or “Hal”. He has led a wayward lifeand is a scandal to the King and the nobles. But when the rebellion arises, he changes completely andshows himself to be a courageous and intelligent leader. The play ends with the battle of Shrewsbury,where Prince Henry meets his nemesis, Hotspur, and kills him. There is still some mopping up to do,but the rebellion has been largely crushed. These events take place around 1402-03.(As usual, Shakespeare has tweaked history a bit for the sake of the story. He adjusts people’s agesand changes the circumstances of deaths. Sir John Falstaff is fictitious but is believed to be based on areal person. An important point to keep in mind in reading Shakespeare’s histories is that in those days4there was no such thing as a standing army. Armies had to be raised when needed, and each lordthroughout the kingdom could raise his own small army. So, military power was actually verydispersed. If many dissident lords banded together, they could mount a serious rebellion. And forcesfrom outside the kingdom could choose to get involved, too. In preparing this restyling of Henry IV,Part One, I worked from four sources — No Fear Shakespeare, Pelican Shakespeare, the NewClarendon Shakespeare, and Brodie’s Notes — and I must pay particular praise to the New ClarendonShakespeare, which is absolutely first-rate.)