King Henry V Paperback / softback
by William Shakespeare
Edited by Emma (University of Oxford) Smith
Part of the Shakespeare in Production series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:260 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified; 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/06/2002
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- ISBN:9780521595117
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:260 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified; 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/06/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521595117
