Shakespeare’s Early History Plays : Politics at Play on the Elizabethan Stage

This study examines the early history plays - the first tetralogy and "King John" - as plays, not only by analyzing their theatrical dimensions but also be connecting their staging with the playhouse as a social institution and with the theatricality of Elizabethan culture in the 1590s. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Theatre, History, Politics....Pages 1-34 Henry VI, Part One....Pages 35-55 Henry VI, Part Two....Pages 56-79 Henry VI, Part Three....Pages 80-99 Richard III....Pages 100-122 King John....Pages 123-146 Paradox, Play, Politics....Pages 147-157 Back Matter....Pages 158-177