num_pages: 236
description: Edward III is a major addition to the Shakespearean canon, being included for the first time in an authoritative edition of Shakespeare's works. Melchiori claims that Shakespeare is the author of a significant part of the play, the extent of which is discussed in detail. The introduction explores the play's historical background and its relationship to the early cycle of history plays. The commentary examines in depth the play's linguistic and poetical features, while an extensive appendix on the use of sources explains the stages of its composition.
language: English
title: King Edward III
titlecomplete: King Edward III
characters: John de Coupland, John of Bohemia, Captain of Calais, Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy, Robert III of Artois, Polonian Captain, Another Captain, William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury, John IV, Duke of Brittany, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Gobin de Grace, William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, James Audley, John II of France, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, David II, King of Scots, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Edward the Black Prince, Charles V of France, Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, Lodwick, Mariner, Edward III of England, Philippa of Hainault, Villiers
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, 16th Century, British Literature, Drama, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 880
publisher: Cambridge University Press