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King Henry IV
This edition of "Henry IV, Part I", with Falstaff towering among his comic inventions, has an introduction discussing both the critical and theatrical history of the play. It also analyzes its language in a commentary on individual words and phrases, and explains the historical background. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Oxf.U.P.
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King Henry VI
In their introduction to this play, the editors show how the young Shakespeare, working closely from his chronicle sources, nevertheless freely shaped his complex material to make it both theatrically effective and poetically innovative. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Arden Shakespeare
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King Henry VI
In their introduction to this play, the editors show how the young Shakespeare, working closely from his chronicle sources, nevertheless freely shaped his complex material to make it both theatrically effective and poetically innovative. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Arden Shakespeare
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King Henry VI Part 2
author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Arden Shakespeare
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King Henry V
The editor takes a broad look at the different meanings which have been attributed to "King Henry V", through a discussion of its various critical and theatrical interpretations. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Arden Shakespeare
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King Henry IV
author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Arden Shakespeare
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King Henry V
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Henry V" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Penguin
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King Henry IV
This edition presents a new look at Henry 1V Part 1 in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English and developments at GCSE and A Level. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Camb.U.P.
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King Henry V
author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Orchard Bks.
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King Henry V
This widely-studied play is one of the bestsellers of the Shakespeare canon. The production is the seventh Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos Audiobooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
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Fredonia Books,US The King's Gallant: King Henry III and His Court, the
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Arden Shakespeare King Henry VI Part 2: Pt. 2 (Arden Shakespeare: Third S.)
This second part of the history of Henry VI begins where <I>Henry VI Part One</I> ends. The Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster are in full swing, whilst intrigue at court becomes even more intense. Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou takes centre stage with her lover Suffolk, conspiring against Henry's uncle, Gloucester, claiming that his wife is in league with a coven of witches. The Duke of York also plots against the ineffectual Henry, encouraging a people's revolt led by the memorable figure of Jack Cade, and then taking to the field himself. At the Battle of St. Albans, York's son Richard, the future King Richard III, kills Gloucester, leaving the Yorkist faction in the ascendancy.<p>A violent and chaotic play, <I>Henry VI Part Two</I> shows much of Shakespeare's early dramatic inexperience. Much of the verse, and many of the minor characters are undifferentiated. However, both Margaret of Anjou and Jack Cade are fascinating early characterisations which foreshadow some of Shakespeare's greatest subsequent tragic figures. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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King Henry IV
The editor of this edition sees the play as an unplanned sequel to the "First Part", itself a "remake" of an old non-Shakespearean play. The "Second Part" deliberately exploits the popular success of Sir John Falstaff, introduced in Part One. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Camb.U.P.
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King Henry V
A study edition of "Henry V", featuring facing notes, activities, text graded by importance and illustrations. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Heinemann Educ.
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King Henry VI
The plays by Shakespeare about the reign of Henry VI offer a searing account of aristocratic sedition. They portray the complex relationship between the King and his Protector, and contain a subtle reading of the kind of event most feared by the Tudor regime, a popular uprising. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Camb.U.P.
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King Henry VIII
author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Penguin
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King Henry VIII
"King Henry VIII" has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a fresh perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher:
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King Henry VIII
This edition is a modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings. On-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging and allusions and a detailed introduction considers composition, sources, performances and changing critical attitudes to the play. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Oxf.U.P.
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King Henry VIII
Famous figures who shaped events in their time make history come alive for readers in our own. In clear, fast-moving narrative, these books tell the life history of their exceptional subjects. author: Ashworth, Leon; publisher: Cherrytree P.
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King Henry VIII
author: Royston, Angela; publisher: Pitkin Unichrome
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Oxford Paperbacks King Henry IV: Pt.1 (Oxford World's Classics)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Oxford Paperbacks King Henry VIII: King Henry VIII, or All Is True (Oxford World's Classics)
Believed to be Shakespeare's very last play, <I>Henry VIII</I> is probably best remembered as the play which, when performed in June 1613, led to the Globe Theatre burning down due to the fireworks and cannon fire listed in the stage directions. However, otherwise the play has puzzled critics, who can see little more in it than a nostalgic account of Henry's reign, and the prophetic birth and christening of Elizabeth, Shakespeare's Queen, which takes place at the end of the play.<p><I>Henry VIII</I> deals with the intrigue which surrounds Henry's court, and in particular the controversial figure of Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry's separation from his wife Katherine, and infatuation with Anne Bullen. However, there is little sense of the psychological complexity created by Shakespeare in earlier history plays like <I>Henry V</I>. Henry VIII himself is a grand but distant figure, and the virulent anti-Catholicism lacks complexity. Within an increasingly troubled political period, the final hopeful invocation of Peace, plenty, love, truth seems rather flat, as does the play as a whole. This has led many critics to argue that Shakespeare was just one of many collaborators in the writing of the play. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Oxford Paperbacks King Henry V (Oxford World's Classics)
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Oxford Paperbacks King Henry IV: Pt.2 (Oxford Shakespeare S.)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Oxford Paperbacks King Henry VI: Pt.3 (Oxford Shakespeare S.)
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Penguin Books The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Pelican Shakespeare)
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Penguin Books Ltd King Henry VIII (New Penguin Shakespeare S.)
Believed to be Shakespeare's very last play, <I>Henry VIII</I> is probably best remembered as the play that, when performed in June 1613, led to the Globe Theatre burning down due to the fireworks and cannon fire listed in the stage directions. However, the play has puzzled critics, who can see little more in it than a nostalgic account of Henry's reign, and the prophetic birth and christening of Elizabeth, Shakespeare's future Queen, that takes place at the end of the play. <p> <I>Henry VIII</I> deals with the intrigue that surrounds Henry's court, and in particular the controversial figure of Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry's separation from his wife Katherine and infatuation with Anne Bullen. However, there is little sense of the psychological complexity created by Shakespeare in earlier history plays such as <I>Henry V</I>. Henry VIII himself is a grand but distant figure, and the virulent anti-Catholicism lacks complexity. Within an increasingly troubled political period, the final hopeful invocation of peace, plenty, love, truth seems rather flat, as does the play as a whole. This has led many critics to argue that Shakespeare was just one of many collaborators in the writing of the play. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Red Fox Cherished Crown of King Henry (Mad Maps S.)
Pages: 14, Map, Red Fox
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England in the Reign of King Henry VIII
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British Library Publishing Division The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives
Pages: 160, Hardcover, British Library Publishing Division
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Cambridge University Press Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Pages: 334, Paperback, Cambridge University Press
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Naxos AudioBooks King Henry V
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Palgrave Macmillan Brodie's Notes on William Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1
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Penguin Books Ltd Henry V (The New Penguin Shakespeare)
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Arden Shakespeare King Henry V (Arden Shakespeare S.)
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Collins The Lost Diary of King Henry VIII's Executioner (Lost Diaries S.)
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Penguin Books Ltd King Henry IV: Pt.1 (New Penguin Shakespeare S.)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Arden Shakespeare King Henry VI: Pt. 3 (Arden Shakespeare: Third S.)
This second part of the history of Henry VI begins where <I>Henry VI Part One</I> ends. The Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster are in full swing, whilst intrigue at court becomes even more intense. Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou takes centre stage with her lover Suffolk, conspiring against Henry's uncle, Gloucester, claiming that his wife is in league with a coven of witches. The Duke of York also plots against the ineffectual Henry, encouraging a people's revolt led by the memorable figure of Jack Cade, and then taking to the field himself. At the Battle of St. Albans, York's son Richard, the future King Richard III, kills Gloucester, leaving the Yorkist faction in the ascendancy.<p>A violent and chaotic play, <I>Henry VI Part Two</I> shows much of Shakespeare's early dramatic inexperience. Much of the verse, and many of the minor characters are undifferentiated. However, both Margaret of Anjou and Jack Cade are fascinating early characterisations which foreshadow some of Shakespeare's greatest subsequent tragic figures. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Pimlico The Children of England: Heirs of King Henry VIII
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Cambridge University Press King Henry IV: Pt. 1 (Cambridge School Shakespeare S.)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Time Warner Paperbacks The Conscience of the King: Henry Gresham and the Shakespeare Conspiracy
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HarperCollins King Henry IV: Complete & Unabridged Pt. 2
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HarperCollins King Henry IV: Complete & Unabridged Pt. 1
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Heinemann Educational Secondary Division King Henry V (Heinemann Shakespeare S.)
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King Henry V
A thorough account of its performance history including introduction, full text of play and footnotes. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Camb.U.P.
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King Henry IV
This edition presents a new look at Henry IV Part 2 in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English and developments at GCSE and A Level. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Camb.U.P.
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King Henry V
The "Cambridge School Shakespeare" offers a new approach to Shakespeare in the classroom, with each play treated not as a text but as a script. The series is designed to help both experienced and inexperienced teachers, and to enable students to make their own discoveries about the plays. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Camb.U.P.
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Orchard Books King Henry V (Orchard Classics S.)
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Cherrytree Books King Henry VIII (British History Makers S.)
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Pitkin Guides King Henry VIII
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Dover Publications Inc. King Henry V (Dover Thrift S.)
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd King Henry V (Wordsworth Classics - Shakespeare S.)
Cry, 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!' Henry's V's rallying cry to his soldiers before Harfleur has become an iconic rallying cry for English nationalism. More than any other Shakespeare play, <I>Henry V</I> has been seen to define what it means to be English in its account of Henry's triumphant victory over vastly superior French forces in 1415. The play has been endlessly quoted by politicians as an incitement to patriotism, and Laurence Olivier's ground-breaking film of the play was dedicated to the Allied soldiers who landed in France on D-Day in 1944. <p> More recently critics have questioned the extent to which the play is simply a piece of nationalist propaganda, pointing to the more ambivalent reflections on the cost of war voiced by various characters throughout the play. As one of Henry's soldiers reflects on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Henry himself has already been defined as a cunning and rather unsympathetic character in <I>Henry IV</I> Parts One and Two, and his cynical manipulation of patriotism in his pursuit of military glory is incisively undercut by the Irishman Macmorris' poignant question as to What ish my nation? This more ambivalent dimension of the play is most effectively captured in Kenneth Branagh's post-Falklands film, <I>Henry V</I>, which portrays a king much more aware of the dreadful consequences of going to war. Branagh's film suggests that <I>Henry V</I> ultimately questions, rather than endorses the glory of going into battle for one's country. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Souvenir Press Ltd All the King's Cooks: The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace
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Little, Brown The Conscience of the King: Henry Gresham and the Shakespeare Conspiracy
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Dover Publications Inc. King Henry IV: Pt. 1 (Dover Thrift S.)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Cambridge University Press The First Part of Henry IV: The First Part of King Henry IV Pt.1 (New Cambridge Shakespeare S.)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Cambridge University Press King Henry VIII (New Cambridge Shakespeare S.)
Believed to be Shakespeare's very last play, <I>Henry VIII</I> is probably best remembered as the play which, when performed in June 1613, led to the Globe Theatre burning down due to the fireworks and cannon fire listed in the stage directions. However, otherwise the play has puzzled critics, who can see little more in it than a nostalgic account of Henry's reign, and the prophetic birth and christening of Elizabeth, Shakespeare's Queen, which takes place at the end of the play.<p><I>Henry VIII</I> deals with the intrigue which surrounds Henry's court, and in particular the controversial figure of Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry's separation from his wife Katherine, and infatuation with Anne Bullen. However, there is little sense of the psychological complexity created by Shakespeare in earlier history plays like <I>Henry V</I>. Henry VIII himself is a grand but distant figure, and the virulent anti-Catholicism lacks complexity. Within an increasingly troubled political period, the final hopeful invocation of Peace, plenty, love, truth seems rather flat, as does the play as a whole. This has led many critics to argue that Shakespeare was just one of many collaborators in the writing of the play. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Cambridge University Press The First Part of King Henry VI: Pt.1 (New Cambridge Shakespeare S.)
This second part of the history of Henry VI begins where <I>Henry VI Part One</I> ends. The Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster are in full swing, whilst intrigue at court becomes even more intense. Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou takes centre stage with her lover Suffolk, conspiring against Henry's uncle, Gloucester, claiming that his wife is in league with a coven of witches. The Duke of York also plots against the ineffectual Henry, encouraging a people's revolt led by the memorable figure of Jack Cade, and then taking to the field himself. At the Battle of St. Albans, York's son Richard, the future King Richard III, kills Gloucester, leaving the Yorkist faction in the ascendancy.<p>A violent and chaotic play, <I>Henry VI Part Two</I> shows much of Shakespeare's early dramatic inexperience. Much of the verse, and many of the minor characters are undifferentiated. However, both Margaret of Anjou and Jack Cade are fascinating early characterisations which foreshadow some of Shakespeare's greatest subsequent tragic figures. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Cambridge University Press The Second Part of King Henry IV: Pt.2 (New Cambridge Shakespeare S.)
Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of <I>Henry IV Part One</I>, <I>Henry IV Part Two</I> takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of <I>Part One</I>., <I>Part Two</I> is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that I will turn diseases to commodity. <p> The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of <I>Part One</I>, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of <I>Part Two</I>. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of <I>Part One</I>. I know thee not, old man he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, <I>Henry V</I>. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Cambridge University Press The Third Part of King Henry VI: Pt. 3 (New Cambridge Shakespeare S.)
Pages: 247, Paperback, Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press The Second Part of King Henry VI: Pt. 2 (New Cambridge Shakespeare S.)
Pages: 264, Paperback, Cambridge University Press
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