Henry IV, Part I (The ^AWorld's Classics) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192814494 ISBN 13: 9780192814494

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

During Shakespeare's lifetime, Henry IV was his most popular play. Today, Sir John Falstaff still towers above Shakespeare's other comic inventions. This edition considers the play in the context of various critical approaches, offers a history of the play in performance from Shakespeare's time to ours, and provides useful information on its historical background. Readers will also find detailed commentary on individual words and phrases, and selections from Shakespeare's sources.

About this title

Book Description:

John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary.

From the Publisher:

A play alive with escapades and action, comedy and history, Henry IV, Part One begins the transformation of the madcap Prince Hal into the splendid ruler King Henry. In it a rebellion against King and State is juxtaposed with another rebellion--the riotous misbehavior of Hal and his companions, principally Falstaff. A superbly funny liar, coward, lecher, and cheat, the larger-than-life character Falstaff turns this great historical drama into a masterpiece of counterpoint and design.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0192814494
• ISBN 13: 9780192814494
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Bevington David