Henry VIII

by William Shakespeare

Overview

With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century.

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• An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782291038115
Publisher:	LMAB
Publication date:	06/13/2018
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	90
File size:	199 KB

About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.

Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

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Table of Contents

Editors' Preface ix

Shakespeare's Henry VIII xiii

Reading Shakespeare's Language: Henry VIII xv

Shakespeare's Life xxvi

Shakespeare's Theater xxxv

The Publication of Shakespeare's Plays xliv

An Introduction to This Text xlviii

Henry VIII

Text of the Play with Commentary 1

Longer Notes 239

Textual Notes 245

Appendix on Authorship 251

Henry VIII: A Modern Perspective Barbara A. Mowat 253

Further Reading 271

Key to Famous Lines and Phrases 295

Editorial Reviews

This latest edition to the great "Pelican Shakespeare" line is as noteworthy as the previous volumes. It includes the full text of the play, an introduction, an essay on the theater, and more, all for the price of a Happy Meal. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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