The Life and Death of King JohnKing John of England and Phillip, the bastard son of Richard I, are allied against the united powers of France, Brittany Austria, and the Papacy. But the two allies are utterly different men: John is an unscrupulous tyrant, and the Bastard is a witty, somewhat cynical hero, English to the core. In this early history play, the Bastard is played by Michael Maloney and King John, by Michael Feast. Eileen Atkins appears as Constance, the mother of Arthur, Duke of Brittany. Unabridged. |
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... SHAKESPEARE'S plays was written was , for the earliest editors , one of singular interest . Any passage which might be supposed to refer , even remotely , to an event of the historic days of SHAKESPEARE's life in London was eagerly ...
... SHAKESPEARE'S plays was written was , for the earliest editors , one of singular interest . Any passage which might be supposed to refer , even remotely , to an event of the historic days of SHAKESPEARE's life in London was eagerly ...
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... SHAKESPEARE'S play had already been assigned to another ; if this latter , where then is the entry of that other ... SHAKESPEARE's sorrow and personal loss of his little son Hamnet in 1596 , and this date with MALONE receives ...
... SHAKESPEARE'S play had already been assigned to another ; if this latter , where then is the entry of that other ... SHAKESPEARE's sorrow and personal loss of his little son Hamnet in 1596 , and this date with MALONE receives ...
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... SHAKESPEARE's play , which had appeared in the interim . A third edition was printed in 1622 and the letters ' W. Sh . ' on the title - page were changed to ' W. Shakespeare . ' The proximity of this last date to that of the First Folio ...
... SHAKESPEARE's play , which had appeared in the interim . A third edition was printed in 1622 and the letters ' W. Sh . ' on the title - page were changed to ' W. Shakespeare . ' The proximity of this last date to that of the First Folio ...
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... SHAKESPEARE ' ; possibly he thought he had , but the wilful public preferred SHAKESPEARE's tragedy as produced at the rival house , Covent Garden , and Papal Tyranny sank into dramatic oblivion , where it still deservedly remains ...
... SHAKESPEARE ' ; possibly he thought he had , but the wilful public preferred SHAKESPEARE's tragedy as produced at the rival house , Covent Garden , and Papal Tyranny sank into dramatic oblivion , where it still deservedly remains ...
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William Shakespeare. wark of the people against the despotic acts of the crown- Magna Charta - is entirely omitted . SHAKESPEARE's reasons for ignoring an episode of such historic interest has been the source of varied speculation and ...
William Shakespeare. wark of the people against the despotic acts of the crown- Magna Charta - is entirely omitted . SHAKESPEARE's reasons for ignoring an episode of such historic interest has been the source of varied speculation and ...
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Page 298 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
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Page 554 - John, Good friend, thou hast no cause to say so yet: But thou shalt have ; and creep time ne'er so slow, Yet it shall come, for me to do thee good. I had a thing to say, — But let it go : The sun is in the heaven, and the proud day, Attended with the pleasures of the world, Is all too wanton, and too full of gawds, To give me audience : — If the midnight bell Did, with his iron tongue and brazen mouth, Sound one unto the drowsy race of night...
Page 574 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me ! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness. By my Christendom, So I were out of prison, and kept sheep, I should be as merry as the day is long...
Page 247 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.