Henry VI, Part 3
Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An...
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Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books Essay by Nina Levine The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671722685 (0671722689)
ASIN: 671722689
Publish date: April 7th 2009
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry,
16th Century
Series: Wars of the Roses (#7)
As I read through this play I began to realise how closely connected it is to Richard III, which is not surprising since this play was written shortly after Henry VI. In many way, much of the action in Richard III, as well as a number of the characters, stem from this play. I remember watching the I...
Andrew Scott's brilliant reciting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PkuF00jN14 I have no brother, I am like no brother, And this word ‘love’, which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me! I am myself aloneFor I have often heard my mother say I came into the world wi...
Excited for Richard iii. In love with the character already.
What follows are the collective observations of the entire trilogy:1 Henry VI -- 2.5 to 3 stars2 Henry VI -- 3+ stars3 Henry VI -- 4 starsI don't have much to say about part 1 of Shakespeare's Henry VI. It's not a bad play; it's just not the Bard at his best. It has its moments but the impression I ...
Henry VI's! They're like buses. You wait for ages, and then three come by at once.