Four Great Histories

    Four Great Histories

    Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry V, and Richard III

    By William Shakespeare

    $5.00

    Publication Date: 19th June 2012

    Among the most studied, read, and admired works in world literature, Shakespeare's histories are unmatched for their dramatic brilliance, beauty of language, and profundity of thought. This convenient and affordable volume — ideal for students and lovers of literature — features four of the playwright's greatest historical works:
    Henry IV, Part 1 masterfully combines comedy and historic events in fifteenth-century England while chronicling the rebellion within Henry's kingdom and portraying events in the life of the profligate young Prince Hal
    Henry IV, Part II, hig... Read More
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    Among the most studied, read, and admired works in world literature, Shakespeare's histories are unmatched for their dramatic brilliance, beauty of language, and profundity of thought. This convenient and affordable volume — ideal for students and lovers of literature — features four of the playwright's greatest historical works:
    Henry IV, Part 1 masterfully combines comedy and historic events in fifteenth-century England while chronicling the rebellion within Henry's kingdom and portraying events in the life of the profligate young Prince Hal
    Henry IV, Part II, hig... Read More
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    Among the most studied, read, and admired works in world literature, Shakespeare's histories are unmatched for their dramatic brilliance, beauty of language, and profundity of thought. This convenient and affordable volume — ideal for students and lovers of literature — features four of the playwright's greatest historical works:
    Henry IV, Part 1 masterfully combines comedy and historic events in fifteenth-century England while chronicling the rebellion within Henry's kingdom and portraying events in the life of the profligate young Prince Hal
    Henry IV, Part II, highlighted by spectacular battles and tender love scenes, witnesses Hal's maturation and the development of his leadership abilities
    Henry V explores the means by which the "ideal monarch" invades France, wins at Agincourt, and claims the French throne
    Richard III follows the scheming Duke of Gloucester as he systematically exterminates all those who thwart his plans to succeed to the English throne

    Republication of the London, 1910 edition.
    Details
    • Price: $5.00
    • Pages: 432
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    • Publication Date: 19th June 2012
    • Trim Size: 5.18 x 8.25 in
    • Illustration Note: 0
    • ISBN: 9780486113227
    • Format: eBook
    • BISACs:
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
      FICTION / Classics
      DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
      DRAMA / Shakespeare
      HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
    Author Bio

    "He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.

    Table of Contents
    Henry IV, Part 1
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Henry IV, Part 2
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Henry V
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Epilogue
    Appendix [Act III, Scene IV in English]
    Richard III
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Among the most studied, read, and admired works in world literature, Shakespeare's histories are unmatched for their dramatic brilliance, beauty of language, and profundity of thought. This convenient and affordable volume — ideal for students and lovers of literature — features four of the playwright's greatest historical works:
    Henry IV, Part 1 masterfully combines comedy and historic events in fifteenth-century England while chronicling the rebellion within Henry's kingdom and portraying events in the life of the profligate young Prince Hal
    Henry IV, Part II, highlighted by spectacular battles and tender love scenes, witnesses Hal's maturation and the development of his leadership abilities
    Henry V explores the means by which the "ideal monarch" invades France, wins at Agincourt, and claims the French throne
    Richard III follows the scheming Duke of Gloucester as he systematically exterminates all those who thwart his plans to succeed to the English throne

    Republication of the London, 1910 edition.
    • Price: $5.00
    • Pages: 432
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    • Publication Date: 19th June 2012
    • Trim Size: 5.18 x 8.25 in
    • Illustrations Note: 0
    • ISBN: 9780486113227
    • Format: eBook
    • BISACs:
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
      FICTION / Classics
      DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
      DRAMA / Shakespeare
      HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain

    "He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.

    Henry IV, Part 1
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Henry IV, Part 2
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Henry V
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V
    Epilogue
    Appendix [Act III, Scene IV in English]
    Richard III
    Note
    Dramatis Personæ
    Act I
    Act II
    Act III
    Act IV
    Act V