num_pages: 226
description: The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations.Edited and introduced by L. A. Beaurline, the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of King John offers the most complete account to date of the play's stage history, with accompanying illustrations to demonstrate its dramatic potential. Although King John fell out of fashion by the end of the nineteenth century, Beaurline shows how its political importance, rich and varied language, and skilful design suggest that it should occupy a prominent position among Shakespeare's historical tragedies. In the Appendix, Beaurline surveys the arguments about the dating of the play and the anonymous Troublesome Reign of King John, and presents new evidence to support the view that Shakespeare's play was written first.
language: English
title: King John
titlecomplete: King John (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
characters: Citizen of Angiers, English Herald, Viscount of Melun, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, Constance Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany, Second Executioner, Chatillon, Philip Faulconbridge, later Sir Richard Plantagenet (the Bastard), James Gurney, Lady Faulconbridge, Peter of Pomfret, Sheriff, French Messenger, Robert Faulconbridge, Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Henry III of England, First Executioner, Limoges, Duke of Austria, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hubert de Burgh, Louis VIII of France, Cardinal Pandulph, Philippe II of France, French Herald, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, John of England, Blanche of Castille, English Messenger
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Poetry, British Literature, Drama, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, 16th Century
ratings_count: 6999
places: England, Angers
publisher: Cambridge University Press