Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192831415
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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This new edition of the precursor to Richard III offers a fresh interpretation of the relationship between the two earliest texts--The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York (octavo, 1595) and the First Folio Henry VI Part Three (1623)--arguing that the former is a memorially reported and original version of the play later revised for the Folio. The two therefore represent Shakespeare's early and revised conceptions of the play. Unlike all previous editions, the text here is based rigorously on the Folio, with a re-examination of the dates of composition, memorial reporting, and revision. It includes a full introduction, appendices, and commentary.
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982170182
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Henry VI, Part 2 presents a kind of story that was popular before Shakespeare began writing, tracing the fall of powerful individuals to their untimely deaths. The first to go is the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of England and the most powerful man in the kingdom, who is murdered after his wife goes into exile. Next to meet a bad end is the Duke of Suffolk, the queen's lover, who rules England through her. After Suffolk conspires with the cardinal of Winchester to kill Gloucester, he is banished and assassinated. The cardinal dies raving of his own guilt. Ultimately, the king's weakness lies behind these events. Preferring spiritual contemplation, he has left others to contend for power. Now his liberty is at risk as Jack Cade, and then the Duke of York, rise against him. The play leaves us in suspense about Henry's fate by ending with the start of the Wars of the Roses--a conflict setting the white rose of the Duke of York against the red rose of King Henry, of the House of Lancaster.
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 152878569X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Henry VI, Part 2”, the second of a three-part saga. This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. Rebellion and treason threaten the crown with the risk of civil war. Depicted as a weak leader, King Henry finds himself under attack by Richard, Duke of York, and is compelled to flee to London with Queen Margaret, followed by his own forces. The second part in a trilogy chronicling the life of King Henry VI of England. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the world's most famous dramatist.
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 140814302X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 507
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This edition celebrates King Henry VI Part 2 as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the English renaissance theatre, with its exploration of power politics and social revolution and its focus on the relationship between divine justice and sin. An extensive discussion of performance history traces the play's progress on stage from abridgement and adaptation to full historical epic. A survey of criticism discusses the wide range of responses provoked by the play's handling of its historical theme, and concludes by focusing on the element of burlesque in the attempted social revolution portrayed.
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500654689
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Henry VI, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare.
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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