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The Henry vi Plays

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Henry vi Plays
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stuart Hampton-Reeves
By (author) Carol Chillington Rutter
SeriesShakespeare in Performance
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9780719080937
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Further/Higher Education
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 April 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

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