The Henry vi Plays

Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Carol Chillington Rutter, Carol Chillington Rutter , Jim Bulman

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Manchester University Press
01 April 2009

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Shakespeare studies & criticism

Series: Shakespeare in Performance

The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates some of his most compelling characters, among them the Queen Margaret and the wildly ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future Richard III). Modern productions have become landmark works that have defined institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English Shakespeare Company. This book, the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions on stage and screen which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity. -- .

By: Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Carol Chillington Rutter
Series edited by: Carol Chillington Rutter, Jim Bulman
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9780719080937
ISBN 10: 0719080932
Series: Shakespeare in Performance
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 April 2009
Audience: Adult education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire. Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick