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King Henry V

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Part of Shakespeare in Production

Real Author: William Shakespeare
Editor: Emma Smith, University of Oxford

Date Published: June 2002
availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521595117

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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.
- An edition of the play which emphasizes performance history
- Useful for scholars, actors and directors
- Video productions of the two films of this play (Olivier and Branagh) are widely available and make it a popular play to teach in the classroom at undergraduate level
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'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, What's on in London

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Product details
- Date Published: June 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521595117
- length: 260 pages
- dimensions: 225 x 153 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.421kg
- contains: 12 b/w illus. 1 table
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Series editors' preface
List of abbreviations
Select chronology of English-language performances
Introduction
King Henry V and commentary
Index.
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Author
William Shakespeare
Editor
Emma Smith, University of Oxford
Emma Smith is Fellow and Tutor in English at Hertford College, Oxford. From 1991–97 she was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She has lectured and published widely on Shakespeare and early modern drama, including an edition of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1999).