Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This volume offers a thought-provoking guide to King Henry V, surveying its key themes and critical reception. It also provides a detailed and up-to-date history of the play's rich stage performance, looking particularly closely at major contemporary performances in the UK, US and around the world.
Moving through to five new critical essays, the guide opens up fresh perspectives on this much studied work, including a particularly provocative and timely analysis of the intersection between war and religion, as well as essays on British identity, non-Anglophone responses to King Henry V, and criminality and heroism. The fifth essay focuses on the history and nature of filmic adaptations of Shakespeare's King Henry V, including the iconic productions of Olivier and Branagh, as well as more recent versions, such as that featured in The Hollow Crown series.
The volume finishes with a guide to learning and teaching resources and how these might be integrated into effective pedagogic strategies in the classroom.
Synopsis
Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research.
Key features include:
Essays on the play's critical and performance history
A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play
A selection of new essays by leading scholars
A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online
This volume offers a thought-provoking guide to King Henry V, surveying the play's rich critical and performance history, with a particular emphasis on its reputation in France as well as Britain and the US. A chapter on non-Anglophone reactions to the play, alongside new essays on British identity, religion, medieval warfare and the questioning of Henry V's heroism, open up ground-breaking perspectives on the play. The volume also includes discussions of King Henry V's rich theatrical and filmic heritage, and a guide to learning and teaching resources and how these might be integrated into effective pedagogic strategies in the classroom.