Full Description
Henry IV, Part One has been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays since it was first produced, and was reprinted several times during the playwright's lifetime. The play encompasses the tragic pathos of Hotspur's death, the thrill of Hal's battlefield valor, the intrigue of power politics, and the broad humor of tavern scenes. It has been performed as a play that celebrates England and engenders national pride, but also as a play that thumbs its nose at patriotism and notions of empire.
This Broadview Edition provides a discussion of the play's performance history, and both the introduction and footnotes encourage readers to think about the play as a performance text. The appendices gather a selection of historical sources and contemporary philosophical and political writings from England and Europe, and interleaved pages throughout the play provide illustrations and extended discussion of key phrases, plot points, and allusions. Further historical and performance materials are available on the Internet Shakespeare Editions website.
Contents
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE
SHAKESPEARE'S THEATER
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND HENRY IV, PART ONE:
A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
ABBREVIATIONS
HENRY IV, PART ONE
APPENDIX A: SOURCES AND INFLUENCES
From Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1587)
From John Stow, Chronicles of England (1580)
From Edward Hall, Union of the Two Noble and Illustrious Families of Lancaster and York (1548)
From Samuel Daniel, The Civil Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and York (1595)
From A Mirror for Magistrates (1559)
From An Homily against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion (1571)
William Elderton, A Ballad Entitled Northumberland News (1570)
From Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1513)
From The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (c. 1587)
From Michael Drayton et al., Sir John Oldcastle, Part One (1600)
APPENDIX B: HISTORICAL FIGURES
IN HENRY IV, PART ONE
WORKS CITED AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
