King Henry IV
By: William Shakespeare ; edited by David Scott Kastan
Contributors: Kastan, David Scott, editor
Series: The Arden Shakespeare; Arden Shakespeare
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; English Historical drama
Other titles: Henry IV
Description: 'King Henry IV Part 1' is the second play in Shakespeare's Henriad tetralogy, following on from 'King Richard II'. The play was first printed in the First Quarto of 1598 (Q1), as 'The History of Henrie the Fovrth ... '. It seems that it was an extremely popular play as it was reissued in a second edition in the same year, a rare occurrence. The Arden text is taken from Q1 and from Q0, the surviving fragment of the quarto from which Q1 appears to have been taken. The action of the play is based on part of the king's reign, from 1402-3, and deals extensively with the idea of kingship.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Arden Shakespeare, 2002.

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