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Creator
Date
2018
Location
England
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xvii, 354 pages
Language
English
Size
21 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 354319
Folger call number: PR2753 .C8 1995 v.16 R.R
Folger holdings ID: 502546
Accession Number: 237914
Folger call number: PR2753 .C8 1995 v.16 R.R
Folger holdings ID: 502546
Accession Number: 237914
Summary
King John tells the story of John's struggle to retain the crown in the face of alternative claims to the throne from France and is one of the earlier history plays. This book offers students a comprehensive introduction exploring the play's relationship to its source and to later plays in the history cycle, as well as giving a full account of its critical and performance history, including key productions in 2015 which marked the anniversary of Magna Carta
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Date -- Politics : international and national -- Reformation and the papal deposing power -- Conscience and commodity -- Legitimacy and legitimation -- Oath-taking and vow-breaking -- Disenchantment -- History plays and historiography -- Rhetorical patterns -- Afterlives -- Textual note -- King John -- Appendix: casting chart
Also known as
Uniform title: King John
Extended title: King John / edited by Jesse M. Lander and J.J.M. Tobin
Extended title: King John / edited by Jesse M. Lander and J.J.M. Tobin
Related names
author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: John, King of England, 1167-1216
editor: Lander, Jesse M.
editor: Tobin, J. J. M. (John Joseph Michael), 1937-
subject: John, King of England, 1167-1216
editor: Lander, Jesse M.
editor: Tobin, J. J. M. (John Joseph Michael), 1937-