King Henry VIII (OWC) ed. 2008
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
- Verlag OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199537433
- ISBN10 0199537437
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 230
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2008
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Gebunden
Abschnitte
English LiteraturKing Henry VIII (OWC) ed. 2008
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
Henry VI: Part One is a dramatic tale of the lives of soldiers, diplomats, kings, and insurrectionists. It depicts the fractious instability of the court and nobility of fifteenth-century England, and their squabbles with their French counterparts. Despite its debut performance in 1592, however, Henry VI: Part One does not appear in printed form until some thirty years later, in the 1623 folio. There are many questions, therefore, surrounding exactly how many people wrote the play, when they did so, how it was performed, who played what part, and the nature of the manuscript behind the first performance. In his wide-ranging introduction, Michael Taylor offers answers to these questions, and discusses other key issues such as language, structure, performance history, and the role of women in the play. Taylor edits the play for students, scholars, and theater-goers with an informative commentary on all aspects of the language, action, characters, and staging.