num_pages: 114
description: The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.  
language: English
title: King John
titlecomplete: King John
characters: Sheriff, Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, Limoges, Duke of Austria, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Chatillon, French Messenger, Louis VIII of France, French Herald, English Messenger, Citizen of Angiers, John of England, Philippe II of France, James Gurney, Lady Faulconbridge, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Philip Faulconbridge, later Sir Richard Plantagenet (the Bastard), First Executioner, Second Executioner, Peter of Pomfret, Constance Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Blanche of Castille, English Herald, Cardinal Pandulph, Henry III of England, Viscount of Melun, Robert Faulconbridge, Hubert de Burgh
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, British Literature, Plays, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, 16th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 7003
places: Angers, England
publisher: Penguin Classics