Shakespeare and English HistoryThe ten history plays of Shakespeare, when studied in historical sequence, cover a period of 320 years. In this unusual book, the action in each of the plays is synopsized, and characters and motivations are discussed in detail The author introduces each of the plays with a lengthy description of the actual history of the period in which the Shakespeare play takes place, so that students may readily grasp Shakespeare's art in constructing drama out of history. -- From publisher's description. |
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Page 51
... young John is delegated to go to put down the uprising of Scrope and Northumberland . We are given a final glimpse of the sportsmanship of young Hal as he gives free- dom to one of his captives who had that day so well acquitted himself ...
... young John is delegated to go to put down the uprising of Scrope and Northumberland . We are given a final glimpse of the sportsmanship of young Hal as he gives free- dom to one of his captives who had that day so well acquitted himself ...
Page 58
... young Mortimers off to join Glendower and their uncle in Wales . They actually were gotten away , but were caught and brought back . When Henry V acceded to the throne he felt himself so se- curely placed that he released young Edmund ...
... young Mortimers off to join Glendower and their uncle in Wales . They actually were gotten away , but were caught and brought back . When Henry V acceded to the throne he felt himself so se- curely placed that he released young Edmund ...
Page 110
... young king Edward V is reck- oned to have come to an end on June 25. Young Edward , with his brother Richard , had disappeared from view immediately upon his deposition , and now the rumour spread that the two had been secretly put to ...
... young king Edward V is reck- oned to have come to an end on June 25. Young Edward , with his brother Richard , had disappeared from view immediately upon his deposition , and now the rumour spread that the two had been secretly put to ...
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