King Henry VIII

Description

"This is the first fully annotated and comprehensive modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII - known in its early performances as All is True - for over ten years. It makes full use of current scholarship on the dating, authorship, printing, and sources of the play, as well as critical interpretations, and includes an up-to-date survey of the play in performance. It is the first edition to make frequent use of Cavendish's life of Cardinal Wolsey, which seems likely to have influenced certain aspects of the play, as well as the other recognized sources in Holinshed, Hall, and Foxe." "On authorship, the editor concludes that Shakespeare and his younger colleague John Fletcher worked on the script together but that Shakespeare was probably the guiding spirit, as well as the principal author of several major scenes.". "A fully detailed commentary and a selective collation of major variant readings appear immediately beneath the text. Special attention has been given to the frequent allusion to scripture and proverb lore. An index to all words glossed and authorities cited appears at the end of the volume."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

THIS edition provides a modern-spelling text following the principles set forth by Stanley Wells in 'Modernizing Shakespeare's Spelling' in Wells and Taylor, Modernizing Shakespeare's Spelling, with Three Studies in the Text of 'Henry V' (1979) and the procedures used in previous volumes in this series.

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Other Editions

• King Henry VIIIPaperbackArden Shakespeare1996-06-01
• The life of Henry VIIIPrinted for J. Tonson; and sold by W. Feales ...1732-01-01
• King Henry the EighthMicroformprinted for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, B. Dod, G. Woodfall, J. Rivington [and 7 others in London]1762-01-01
• Shakespere's historical play of King Henry the EighthMicroforms.n.1855-01-01
• Shakespeare's history of King Henry the EighthAmerican Book Company1899-01-01
• King Henry VIIIMass Market PaperbackWadsworth Publishing Company1902-04-01