Henry VI, Part One: The Oxford Shakespeare - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198183925 ISBN 13: 9780198183921

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

1 Henry VI was the Rose's great draw in the Spring of 1592, and is a dramatic tale of the lives of soldiers, diplomats, kings, and insurrectionists; 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, 1 Henry VI does not take a printed form until its appearance 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 what was 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.

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Review

'This is an important scholarly edition and will obviously be indispensable for advanced study of the play.' Ann Thompson, Liverpool University

'The Oxford Shakespeare is an admirably scholarly edition, immaculately presented, offering close attention to possibilities of staging as well as meaning.' Dr D. Sedge, Exeter University

'An excellent edition, with a good introduction.' Roger Prior, Queen's University, Belfast

'Professional edition with introduction which states clearly the case for collaborative composition.R. N. Alexander, Queen Mary Westfield, London

'Stanley Wells' OUP Complete Works of Shakespeare is now eight years old and has spawned a new Oxford Shakespeare which appears now in splendidly affordable volumes in that nonpareil of libraries of good reading The World's Classics.'The Oxford Times

About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), a collection of sonnets and a variety of other poems.

Rebecca Brown is Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. She has taught in schools and universities in England, Denmark and the USA, written articles and reviews for academic publications and contributed to film projects. She has also written performance histories and educational material on Shakespeare.

Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198183925
• ISBN 13: 9780198183921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Taylor Michael