The Third Part of King Henry VI
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Part of The New Cambridge Shakespeare
- Real Author: William Shakespeare
- Editor: Michael Hattaway, University of Sheffield
- Date Published: March 1993
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521377058
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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries, textual notes on the plays and poems and an extensive Introduction. Shakespeare's plays about the reign of King Henry VI were written at the beginning of his career. A recent series of outstanding productions has demonstrated their theatrical vitality, and their sceptical questioning of Elizabethan orthodoxies has been understood through revisionist readings of the history of Shakespeare's own times. In The Third Part of King Henry VI, Shakespeare extends his essay on monarchical politics by contrasting two kings, the good but ineffective Henry VI with his rival, the sensual and victorious Edward IV. He also shows the perils of aristocratic factionalism in a series of scenes that display the grievous wounds caused by the Wars of the Roses.
Read more- First edition of the play for 22 years
- The history plays are frequently performed. The three parts of Henry VI are often staged together
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- Date Published: March 1993
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521377058
- length: 246 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- contains: 17 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
List of abbreviations and conventions
Introduction
1. Henry VI: the reign and the plays
2. The Play: 'what should be the meaning of all those foughten fields?'
3. Stage history
4. Date and occasion
5. Sources
6. Note on the text
7. List of characters
8. The Play
9. Textual analysis
Appendices
Genealogical tables
Reading list.
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