num_pages: 196
description: Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King John has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of King John aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.
language: English
title: King John
titlecomplete: King John (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
characters: Peter of Pomfret, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Hubert de Burgh, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, Citizen of Angiers, Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Louis VIII of France, Robert Faulconbridge, English Messenger, Lady Faulconbridge, Henry III of England, Philippe II of France, Philip Faulconbridge, later Sir Richard Plantagenet (the Bastard), Sheriff, Chatillon, French Herald, French Messenger, Cardinal Pandulph, First Executioner, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Viscount of Melun, James Gurney, Limoges, Duke of Austria, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Second Executioner, English Herald, Constance Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany, John of England, Blanche of Castille
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, Drama, Plays, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, 16th Century, Theatre
ratings_count: 7001
places: England, Angers
publisher: Cambridge University Press