Henry V

Introducing this edition, Gary Taylor shows how Shakespeare shaped his historical material, examines controversial critical interpretations, discusses the play's fluctuating fortunes in performance, and analyses the range and variety of Shakespeare's characterization. The first Folio text is radically rethought, making original use of the First Quarto (1600).

First sentence: Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.

Year

1900

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Editions

250

Reader rating

3.8 / 5 (14)

Pages

240

ISBN

9780140707083

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