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Shakespeare's Histories: Volume Four: (King Henry VIII, King John)

Shakespeare's Histories: Volume Four: (King Henry VIII, King John)

Shakespeare, William

Paperback

Series: Mockingbird Classics Deluxe Edition - The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Book 10

Shakespeare

ISBN10: 153046840X
ISBN13: 9781530468409
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 11 2016
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Shakespeare's Histories: Volume Four
William Shakespeare (1554 - 1616)

King Henry VIII

Henry VIII is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of King Henry VIII of England. An alternative title, All is True, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title Henry VIII not appearing until the play's publication in the First Folio of 1623. Stylistic evidence indicates that individual scenes were written by either Shakespeare or his collaborator and successor, John Fletcher. It is also somewhat characteristic of the late romances in its structure. It is noted for having more stage directions than any of Shakespeare's other plays.

During a performance of Henry VIII at the Globe Theatre in 1613, a cannon shot employed for special effects ignited the theatre's thatched roof (and the beams), burning the original Globe building to the ground.

King John

King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199-1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.

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