The Henry vi Plays

Name: The Henry vi Plays
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ISBN: 9780719056772

Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Carol Chillington Rutter, Carol Chillington Rutter , Jim Bulman

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Manchester University Press
28 February 2007

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Shakespeare studies & criticism

Series: Shakespeare in Performance

The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates some of his most compelling characters, among them the Queen Margaret and the wildly ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future Richard III). Modern productions have become landmark works that have defined institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English Shakespeare Company. This book, the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions on stage and screen which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity. -- .

By: Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Carol Chillington Rutter
Series edited by: Carol Chillington Rutter, Jim Bulman
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9780719056772
ISBN 10: 0719056772
Series: Shakespeare in Performance
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 28 February 2007
Audience: Adult education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Henry VI and national culture 1. Playing Henry VI in the early modern period 2. Rediscoveries: Nation, war and empire (1899-1953) 3. The Wars of the Roses: The RSC's Henry VI and Edward IV (1963 – 4) 4. A true trilogy: The RSC's Henry VI (1977-79) 5. Henry VI and the BBC (1960 and 1981-3) 6. English counter-histories: The ESC’s House of Lancaster and House of York (1987-89) 7. Acts of war: The RSC’s The Plantagenets (1988-1990) 8. Plundering in front of hell: The RSC’s Henry VI – The Battle For the Throne (1994-1995) 9. Black comedies: The RSC’s millennial Henry VI (2000-2001) Bibliography Appendix: Cast and crew -- .

Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire. Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick