Henry V

by William Shakespeare, Claire McEachern (Editor), Claire McEachern (Introduction), Stephen Orgel (Editor), A. R. Braunmuller (Editor)

Overview

'At one and the same time the greatest of all works of English patriotism and a searing critique of warfare' Jonathan Bate

Young King Henry wages war on France. Tainted by his family's past crimes and with enemies among his own men, he must face the difficult responsibilities of kingship, unite his country and rouse his 'band of brothers' to battle at Agincourt. An heroic coming-of-age story and a work of stirring patriotic oratory, Henry V also has darker undercurrents that ultimately question the price of military victory.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by A. R. Humphreys
with an Introduction by Ann Kaegi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101993736
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/13/2017
Series:	Pelican Shakespeare Series
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright of the 16th and 17th centuries, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the word's pre-eminent dramatist.

Series editor Stanley Wells. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare, and his books include Shakespeare: the Poet and his Plays, Shakespeare: For All Time, Looking for Sex in Shakespeare, and (with Paul Edmondson) Shakespeare's Sonnets.

William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love poetry in English. Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.

Table of Contents

Henry V - William Shakespeare - Edited by John Russell Brown William Hazlitt: From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
W. B. Yeats: From Ideas of Good and Evil
E. M. W. Tillyard: From Shakespeare's History Plays
Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield: From History and Ideology: Instance of 'Henry V'
John Russell Brown: 'Henry V' on Stage and Screen

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Editorial Reviews

Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, magnificently cast, passionately played, is stirring and deeply humane. Reality is his mode.”

David Denby - New York Magazine

As a director, as artistic entrepreneur, as sheer charge of film-world energy, [Branagh] has won his own Agincourt.

Stanley Kauffmann - New Republic

So let me say flat out that I like everything about Branagh's film. I like the adaptation, the cast, the direction, the cinematography and the music. In fact, I like it so much I don't even want to write about it. I would prefer to leave my desk right now and watch it again.

Stuart Klawans - Nation

"An outstanding edition—thorough, thoughtful, multi-leveled, and engaging."—Larry Sisson, University of Washington

"A lively and adventurous volume which, because it takes a part of its text from a quarto generally deemed to be without authority, offers a text different from any other. Taylor is a skillful bibliographer, and his reasons from novelty seem good."—Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books

"Professor Taylor is a justly renowned editor. The textual editing is meticulous and sound, the footnotes clear and thorough. This edition will be useful for readers at all levels."—Ronald J. Boling, Lyon College

"A model of inclusiveness, emphasis, and tone."—Choice

From the Publisher

As a director, as artistic entrepreneur, as sheer charge of film-world energy, [Branagh] has won his own Agincourt.— Stanley Kauffmann

New Republic

Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, magnificently cast, passionately played, is stirring and deeply humane. Reality is his mode.— David Denby

New York Magazine

So let me say flat out that I like everything about Branagh's film. I like the adaptation, the cast, the direction, the cinematography and the music. In fact, I like it so much I don't even want to write about it. I would prefer to leave my desk right now and watch it again.— Stuart Klawans

Nation