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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2019
      June 2002
      ISBN:
      9781316563991
      9780521594288
      9780521595117
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316563991
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.547kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.421kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Literary Texts
      Series:
      Shakespeare in Production
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    Literature, Literary Texts
    Series:
    Shakespeare in Production
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    This is the first stage history of Shakespeare's King Henry V to cover the play's theatrical life since its first performance in 1599. Staging this play has always been a political act, and the substantial introduction traces its theatrical interventions into conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and the Falklands crisis, offering a complete account of the play's fortunes: from its absence in the seventeenth century to its dominant position as historical spectacle in the Victorian period, through twentieth-century productions, which include the popular films by Olivier and Branagh. Together they raise vital interpretative questions: is Henry V an epic of English nationalism, a knowing and cynical piece of power politics, or an anti-war manifesto? The volume also includes the play text, illustrations and detailed footnotes about major performances.

    Reviews

    ‘I cannot recommend too highly the whole series (a bargain at £16.99 for each play) to all theatre lovers, theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and anybody who enjoys Shakespeare.’

    Robert Tanitch Source: What's on in London

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