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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 3. )DATE: There is general agreement among critics that /, 2. and 3 Henry VI are among Shakespeare's earliest works, if not the earliest, written between 1589 and 1592. The exact chronology. along with the authorship of the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 8. )DATE: Richard III was entered in the SA IION R'S REKils iER on October 20. 1597, and first published in a QUARKI edition later that same year; however, most literary historians contend that it was written some time...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 56. )INTRODUCTION Numbered among Shakespeare's earliest works, the chronicle history plays 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI have generally suffered from a lack of critical esteem in large part due to acknowledged lapses in artistic...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 24. )1, 2, and 3 HENRY VI Classified among Shakespeare's earliest works, the Henry VI plays have often been dismissed as not theatrically viable and have appeared infrequently on the stage. Those directors who have essayed...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 50. )INTRODUCTION Shakespearean drama frequently displays a vital concern with social constructions and the dynamics of class *conflict, a fact that has elicited considerable interest among critics in the late twentieth...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 85. )INTRODUCTION Classified among Shakespeare's earliest works, the chronicle history plays designated as Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 (c. 1591-1592) detail the late medieval conflict between England and France, as well as...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 79. )INTRODUCTION The concluding drama of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, Henry V was first performed in 1599 and likely written in the same year. The play recounts the reign of celebrated English monarch Henry V,...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 14. )In 1593, the likely composition date of Richard III, London repertory companies faced considerable hardship. Competition for patronage and audiences was fierce; companies found it difficult to retain actors; and because...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 134. )INTRODUCTION The fourth and final play of Shakespeare's second English historical tetralogy, Henry V was likely written and first performed in 1599. The work concentrates on the figure of King Henry V, who reigned in the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 107. )INTRODUCTION Written and first performed in 1599, Henry V is the final component of what is known as the second tetralogy. This tetralogy is comprised of four plays-Richard II, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V-whose...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 49. )INTRODUCTION Modern scholars writing about Henry V frequently remark on its distinctiveness. Unlike Shakespeare's other English histories, it focuses almost exclusively on the protagonist. Moreover,, no other play in the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 39. )INTRODUCTION Until the middle of the twentieth-century, a majority of commentators on the Henry VI trilogy were principally concerned with whether Shakespeare wrote these plays himself or in collaboration with other...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 157. )INTRODUCTION Celebrating an important English victory in the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) and a charismatic prince's reformation and ascendance to the throne, Henry V is considered Shakespeare's most patriotic play. It...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 14. )The stage history of Henry Vreflects a variety of theatrical conventions and styles. The Chorus's request that audiences lend their imaginations to the recreation of historical events has been repeated in many different...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 63. )INTRODUCTION Classified among Shakespeare's earliest works, the chronicle history plays designated as Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 detail the late medieval conflict between England and France, as well as the Wars of the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 30. )INTRODUCTION Henry V has been praised by many scholars as a vigorous portrayal of one of England's most popular national heroes. From the early nineteenth century to the present, the central issue for critics has been...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 104. )INTRODUCTION Considered to be among the earliest of Shakespeare's plays, the three parts of Henry VI constitute, along with the sequel Richard III, his first historical tetralogy. Authorship of the plays, particularly of...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 115. )INTRODUCTION Believed to be among Shakespeare's earliest dramas, Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 were probably written and first performed in the early 1590s. Collectively, the three dramas present an epic account of the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 8. )DATE: Scholars unanimously agree that Much Ado about Nothing was written and first performed sometime before August of 1600, for an entry in the STATIONER'S REGISTER dated the fourth of that month includes a reference to...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 74. )INTRODUCTION Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3, which make up the first three plays of Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy, are a series of history plays that chronicle the medieval battle for primacy between England and...Found in Shakespearean Criticism