William Shakespeare
King Henry V
List of illustrations Preface Introduction The play and its date The coercive Chorus Context and sources Structure and language Staging and stage history Note on the text List of characters The play Textual analysis Appendices Theatre sources: The Famous Victories Historical sources: Holinshed’s Chronicles Background sources: Richard Crompton, The Mansion of Magnanimitie Reading list
King Henry V
List of illustrations General editors’ preface Preface Introduction Date Sources Henry V: The Quarto and Folio texts ‘Bad quartos’, ‘foul papers’ and ‘performance-based texts’ The play Critical opinions of the play and its hero Henry V in performance Text King Henry V Appendices The First Quarto (1600) Map of France and the south of England …
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Centenary Production of Henry V
Foreword HRH The Duke of Edinburgh The Centenary Season Trevor Nunn, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company The Inheritance of Henry V Sally Beauman An Introduction to the Play Terry Hands, Director The Interviews Abdel Farrah (designer) Guy Woolfenden (composer) Alan Howard (Henry V) Emrys James (Chorus) Oliver Ford-Davies (Mountjoy) Trevor Peacock (Fluellen) Peter …
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Macbeth
List of characters Macbeth What is the play about The contexts of Macbeth Characters Witches and witchcraft The language of Macbeth Macbeth in performance William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Preface Michael Almereyda Introduction Ethan Hawke A Note on the Adaptation Hamlet Appendices An Inventory of Ghosts (Hamlet on Film) Director’s Notes