Henry IV
By: edited by David Bevington.
Contributors: Bevington, David M.
Series: The Oxford Shakespeare
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; Oxford, OX; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413 -- Drama; Great Britain -- History -- Henry IV, 1399-1413 -- Drama
Description: David Bevington's introduction discusses the play in both performance and criticism from Shakespeare's time to our own, illustrating the variety of interpretations of which the text is capable. He analyses the play's richly textured language in a commentary on individual words and phrases and explains its historical background.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.