num_pages: 256
description: The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This edition of King John provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.
language: English
title: King John
titlecomplete: King John
characters: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, First Executioner, Philip Faulconbridge, later Sir Richard Plantagenet (the Bastard), Viscount of Melun, English Messenger, Blanche of Castille, Lady Faulconbridge, Robert Faulconbridge, French Herald, Cardinal Pandulph, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hubert de Burgh, French Messenger, Second Executioner, Peter of Pomfret, Constance Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany, English Herald, Sheriff, Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Philippe II of France, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Chatillon, Citizen of Angiers, John of England, Limoges, Duke of Austria, Louis VIII of France, Henry III of England, James Gurney
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, 16th Century, British Literature, Drama, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 7002
places: England, Angers
publisher: The Arden Shakespeare