If he got it from Henry IV, 'YFT' takes on a whole new moral overtone. This adds a fair bit to Marias' repeated question, "Can I know your face tomorrow?", which for most of the novel seems more epistemic and existential. Here he's mocking/despairing over those who abandon their friends when they become famous by the end of the play (V.5) he's the person who's abandoning his friends. On the upside, I learned the word 'fustilarian' and the phrase 'I'll tickle your catastrophe!', and I'm pretty sure I now understand the title of Javier Marias' 'Your Face Tomorrow': "What a disgrace it is to me to remember thy name! or to know thy face tomorrow!", says the prince in II.2. There's not a whole lot of beautiful Shakespeare moments, the humor didn't hit me (possibly my fault, of course), and the best bit was probably the Induction, in which Rumour discourses on herself.
Overall, I thought this was less interesting than Henry V, but that might just be because I paid more attention to HV (I have to teach it I read this for kicks).
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