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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 24. )Never one of the more highly esteemed of Shakespeare's plays, King John has, in the course of its history on stage, seen periods of relative popularity succeeded by long stretches of neglect. Seldom performed in the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 108. )INTRODUCTION King John is perhaps Shakespeare's least known historical drama. Scholars have long debated the play's origin, analyzing its close structural and narrative similarities to The Troublesome Reign of John, King...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 123. )INTRODUCTION Probably one of Shakespeare's earliest English history plays, King John presents critics, readers, and theater audiences with numerous challenges. Its composition date has not been established. A few...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 56. )INTRODUCTION Scholars agree that King John is an experimental text which serves as a transition between the first and the second tetralogies. Recent critics have continued to explore the ways in which the play deviates...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From: Julius CaesarIn the following essay, Charney offers an overview of Julius Caesar. The critic examines the way in which Shakespeare compressed historical events, the relation of the play to Shakespeare's English history plays, and the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 98. )INTRODUCTION One of Shakespeare's least performed plays, King John (c. 1596) has garnered growing critical attention in recent years. Set in the early thirteenth century, the play recounts the efforts of King John, an...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 41. )INTRODUCTION While there is little doubt that Shakespeare wrote King John, there has been much discussion concerning his inspiration for this history play. Scholars have debated over the sources available to Shakespeare...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 9. )DATE: The composition date of King John has been the subject of much debate among scholars. Nearly every year from 1588 to 1598 has its proponents, but the majority of critics favor the period from 1594 to 1596. King...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 132. )INTRODUCTION King John, which first appeared in print in the 1623 Folio, was most likely written in 1594 or 1595, although there is little hard evidence either external or internal to the play that would verify that...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 88. )INTRODUCTION Categorized among Shakespeare's early historical dramas, King John (c. 1596) occupies a unique position between his first and second tetralogies. Unlike Shakespeare's other chronicle history plays, King John...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 78. )INTRODUCTION Scholars agree that Shakespeare's historical drama King John (c. 1596) occupies a unique position between his first and second tetralogies. The play is generally viewed as a transitional work that deviates...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 68. )INTRODUCTION Scholars believe that Shakespeare's historical drama King John occupies a unique position between his first and second tetralogies, and is generally viewed as a transitional work that deviates from the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 142. )INTRODUCTION One of Shakespeare's lesser known works, King John was likely written sometime in the early 1590s. Seldom studied or performed in the modem period, the dramatic work is overshadowed by the better known Henry...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From: Theatre JournalIn the essay below, Pedicord assembles the available information on Garrick's King John to furnish a comprehensive overview of the production within the context of the actor-manager's overall career. The occasion was...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 154. )INTRODUCTION King John, written in 1596, focuses on the struggles of succession that marked the reign of John Lackland, King of England from 1199 to 1216. On the death of Richard I, John's brother and royal predecessor,...Found in Shakespearean Criticism