Henry VIII

by William Shakespeare

Overview

The authoritative edition of Henry VIII from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.

In Henry VIII, Shakespeare presents a monarchy in crisis. Noblemen battle with Lord Chancellor Cardinal Wolsey, who taxes the people to the point of rebellion. Witnesses whom Wolsey brings against the Duke of Buckingham claim he is conspiring to take the throne, yet Buckingham seems innocent as he goes to his death.

Henry is also without a male heir. After meeting the beautiful Anne Boleyn, he says that he suspects his current marriage to Katherine, with whom he has one surviving daughter, is invalid. Katherine, meanwhile, glows with such splendid integrity that actresses have long desired the role. She advocates for the people, suspects the witnesses against Buckingham, and eloquently defends her conduct as Henry's wife.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798890966780
Publisher:	Lushena Books
Publication date:	12/26/2023
Pages:	188
Sales rank:	948,914
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. 

A. R. Braunmuller is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 

Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books include Imagining Shakespeare, The Authentic Shakespeare, Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare’s England and The Illusion of Power.

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

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