num_pages: 320
description: Edited by the eminent A.R. Braunmuller, this thorough edition of King John --the first scholarly edition in almost fifteen years--makes a significant contribution to the study of Shakespeare's works. Braunmuller offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, which focuses on the play's politicalrelevance in Elizabethan England, its relationship to legal issues of the day, its treatment of women and families, and its overall aesthetic importance in Shakespeare's early career. He also provides a richly detailed stage history, full annotations that are especially sensitive to the play'slanguage and staging, and an ample bibliographical study of the Folio (1623) text. The most comprehensive and up-to-date edition of King John currently available, this book is an invaluable resource for Shakespearean scholars, students, and theatergoers alike.
language: English
title: King John
titlecomplete: King John (Oxford World's Classics)
characters: French Herald, Philip Faulconbridge, later Sir Richard Plantagenet (the Bastard), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Cardinal Pandulph, Blanche of Castille, James Gurney, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Robert Faulconbridge, Citizen of Angiers, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, Hubert de Burgh, Lady Faulconbridge, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Philippe II of France, Louis VIII of France, English Herald, Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, English Messenger, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, John of England, French Messenger, Constance Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany, Second Executioner, Viscount of Melun, Limoges, Duke of Austria, Henry III of England, Sheriff, Chatillon, First Executioner, Peter of Pomfret
genres: 16th Century, Historical Fiction, Theatre, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 6999
places: Angers, England
publisher: Oxford University Press