Henry V (Signet Classics, Newly Revised Edition)

An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet. Special introduction to the play by the editor, John Russell Brown, University of Michigan. Source from which Shakespeare derived Henry V-selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by William Hazlitt, W.B. Yeats, E. M. W. Tillyard, Jonathan Dollimore, Alan Sinfield, and Diana E. Henderson. A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Henry V, then and now. Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type. Up-to-date list of recommended readings.