King John / edited by Jesse M. Lander and J.J.M. Tobin.

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

©2018

xvii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

King John tells the story of John's struggle to retain the crown in the face of alternative claims to the throne from France and is one of the earlier history plays. This book offers students a comprehensive introduction exploring the play's relationship to its source and to later plays in the history cycle, as well as giving a full account of its critical and performance history, including key productions in 2015 which marked the anniversary of Magna Carta.

English

May 01, 2018

Includes bibliographical references and index.