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KING HENRY V
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By: |
William Shakespeare, Emma Smith (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
0521594286 |
ISBN 13: |
9780521594288 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
27 June, 2002 |
Series: |
Shakespeare in Production |
Pages: |
260 |
Description: |
A thorough account of its performance history including introduction, full text of play and footnotes. |
Synopsis: |
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. |
Illustrations: |
12 b/w illus. 1 table |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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