King Henry VIII
An international team of scholars offers: --modernised, easily accessible texts--ample but unobtrusive academic guidance--attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history--informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances
An international team of scholars offers: --modernised, easily accessible texts--ample but unobtrusive academic guidance--attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history--informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781605015934 (1605015938)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: MobileReference
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry,
English Literature
Previously, things I've read covering the historically crucial events surrounding Henry VIII's divorce and subsequent break from the Catholic Church have focused on Wolsey, More, Cromwell and Henry himself, ignoring Katherine, whom Henry is dumping in favour of Anne Boleyn. This is different: Thomas...
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Another one of Shakespeare plays that I listened to,through Librivox.I begin to suspect that, although I rather enjoy the comedies, I do not like the historical plays. I listened to this play till the end, but I couldn't say what the story was. I know it was about queen Katherine who gives birth to...
Though questionably a collaboration, I hope it was. Henry VIII is somewhat lackluster in comparison to Shakespeare’s commonly thought of last play The Tempest. In a rather perfunctory manner, Queen Elizabeth and her successor, King James, are honored in this play centering on Henry’s quest for an ...
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