Four Histories

by William Shakespeare, Stanley Wells (Editor), P. H. Davison (Editor), Stanley W. Wells (Editor)

Overview

This volume contains Richard II, Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two, and Henry V. Each play possesses its own distinctive mood, tone and style, and together they inhabit the turbulent period of change from the usurpation of the throne of Richard II by Bolingbroke to the triumph of heroic kingship in Henry V.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140434507
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/28/1995
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	880
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.93(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

Table of Contents

Richard II
Introduction		3	(36)
Further Reading		39	(3)
An Account of the Text		42	(14)
Genealogical Table		56	(167)
Richard II		57	(166)
Henry IV Part One
Introduction		223	(27)
Further Reading		250	(4)
An Account of the Text		254	(14)
Genealogical Table		268	(157)
Henry IV, Part One		269	(156)
Henry IV, Part Two
Introduction		425	(29)
Further Reading		454	(5)
An Account of the Text		459	(26)
The Songs		485	(184)
Henry IV, Part Two		487	(182)
Henry V
Introduction		669	(38)
Further Reading		707	(5)
An Account of the Text		712	(16)
Genealogical Tables		728	(3)
Henry V		731