King JohnThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING | xxv |
A NOTE ON THE TEXT | xxix |
THE WHOLE OF THE STORY | 3 |
CHAPTER I | 5 |
CHAPTER II | 14 |
CHAPTER III | 20 |
CHAPTER IV | 27 |
CHAPTER XV | 130 |
CHAPTER XVI | 151 |
CHAPTER XVII | 165 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 172 |
CHAPTER XIX | 182 |
APPENDIX A | 189 |
APPENDIX B | 201 |
APPENDIX C | 215 |
CHAPTER V | 35 |
CHAPTER VI | 44 |
CHAPTER VII | 53 |
CHAPTER VIII | 71 |
CHAPTER IX | 80 |
CHAPTER X | 90 |
CHAPTER XI | 101 |
CHAPTER XII | 109 |
CHAPTER XIII | 116 |
CHAPTER XIV | 125 |
EXPLANATORY NOTES | 229 |
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Publishers Note | 253 |
The Theatrical World | 255 |
The Texts of Shakespeare | 255 |
Introduction | xxxi |
Note on the Text | xliii |
NAMES OF THE ACTORS | 2 |
The Life and Death of | 3 |
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