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From the Royal Shakespeare Company -- a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's tragi-comedy of youth and age, introducing the immortal Sir John Falstaff THIS EDITION INCLUDES: / An illuminating introduction to Henry IV Part I by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate / The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page / A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play / An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre / A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productions The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This unique edition presents a historical overview of Henry IV Part I in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and an actor-- Michael Boyd, Adrian Noble and Michael Pennington -- so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible, a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made 'our contemporary' four centuries after his death. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: plays & playwrights

• Full title: Henry IV, Part I
• Author: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780230232129
• ISBN: 0230232124
• ID: 04552663
• Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
• Weight: 360 g
• Dimensions: 139 × 206 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. August 2009

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