King Henry V (Shakespeare in Production Series)

by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith (Editor)

Overview

This is the first stage history of Shakespeare's King Henry V to cover the play's theatrical life since 1599. Staging this play is a political act, and the substantial Introduction traces its theatrical interventions into conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and the Falklands. The stage and film history raises interpretative questions—is Henry V an epic of English nationalism, a knowing and cynical piece of power politics, or an anti-war manifesto? The volume also includes the play text, illustrations and detailed footnotes about major performances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521595117
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/27/2002
Series:	Shakespeare in Production Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Emma Smith is Fellow and Tutor in English at Hertford College, Oxford. From 1991–97 she was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She has lectured and published widely on Shakespeare and early modern drama, including an edition of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1999).

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Series editors' preface; List of abbreviations; Select chronology of English-language performances; Introduction; King Henry V and commentary; Index.

Editorial Reviews

Materials such as eye-witness accounts, additions, rewrites, criticism, and promptbook marginalia are presented alongside the New Cambridge Shakespeare text of the play. Emma Smith's (Hertford College, Oxford) introduction discusses in detail some of the major productions of the play from its debut at the Globe Theater in 1599 to the 21st century. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"...a valuable addition to a useful series." Shakespeare Quarterly

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