The Second Part of King Henry IVCambridge University Press, 2007 M05 3 The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition retains Giorgio Melchiori's text of Shakespeare's The Second Part of King Henry IV. Melchiori argues that the play forms an unplanned sequel to the First Part, itself a 'remake' of an old, non-Shakespearean play. In the Second Part, Shakespeare deliberately exploits Falstaff's popular appeal and the resulting rich humour adds a comic dimension to the play, rendering it a unique blend of history, morality play and comedy. Among modern editions, Melchiori's is the one most firmly based on the quarto. This second edition includes a new section by Adam Hansen on recent stage, film and critical interpretations. |
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... humour gives a comic dimension to the play which makes it a unique blend of history, Morality play and comedy. Among modern editions of the play this is the one most firmly based on the quarto. It presents an eminently actable text, by ...
... humour gives a comic dimension to the play which makes it a unique blend of history, Morality play and comedy. Among modern editions of the play this is the one most firmly based on the quarto. It presents an eminently actable text, by ...
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... humours City and country comedy Language History Psychodrama Time and disease Part Two on the stage Recent stage, film and critical interpretations, by Adam Hansen Note on the text List of characters THE PLAY Induction Act I Scene i ...
... humours City and country comedy Language History Psychodrama Time and disease Part Two on the stage Recent stage, film and critical interpretations, by Adam Hansen Note on the text List of characters THE PLAY Induction Act I Scene i ...
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... humours. Perhaps its more limited appeal to the readers of plays was due to its being Falstaff's play rather than the History promised by the title. When it was revived at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1720, the adapter (supposed to ...
... humours. Perhaps its more limited appeal to the readers of plays was due to its being Falstaff's play rather than the History promised by the title. When it was revived at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1720, the adapter (supposed to ...
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... humours of Sir IOHN FFALLSTAFF: Wrytten by master Shakespere. xijd Publication followed shortly afterwards, as the title page of the quarto edition makes clear: THE Second part of Henrie the fourth, continuing to his death, and ...
... humours of Sir IOHN FFALLSTAFF: Wrytten by master Shakespere. xijd Publication followed shortly afterwards, as the title page of the quarto edition makes clear: THE Second part of Henrie the fourth, continuing to his death, and ...
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... Humour (1599) to the character of Justice Silence8 is evidence that Part Two was well known to London audiences before that date. On the other hand, the fact that Part One was registered and published, as we saw, in 1598 as a play ...
... Humour (1599) to the character of Justice Silence8 is evidence that Part Two was well known to London audiences before that date. On the other hand, the fact that Part One was registered and published, as we saw, in 1598 as a play ...
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