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The Henry vi Plays
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Henry vi Plays
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Stuart Hampton-Reeves
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By (author) Carol Chillington Rutter
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Series | Shakespeare in Performance |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:224 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780719080937
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Classifications | Dewey:822.33 |
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Audience | Further/Higher Education | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
1 April 2009 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates some of his most compelling characters, among them the Queen Margaret and the wildly ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future Richard III). Modern productions have become landmark works that have defined institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English Shakespeare Company. This book, the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions on stage and screen which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity. -- .
Author Biography
Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick
Reviews"Superbly researched discussions make this one of the best critical studies of the Henry VI plays" Randall Martin - Comparative Drama
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