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King John


Cambridge School Shakespeare

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No. of pages 196

Published: 1994

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Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King John has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of King John aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge School Shakespeare .

This book has been graded for interest at 16-18 years.

There are 196 pages in this book. This book was published in 1994 by Cambridge University Press .

Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.

This book has the following chapters: List of characters; The Angevin Empire; King John; What is King John about?; History, legend and drama; The relevance of King John; King John and the Bastard; The language of King John; Staging King John; William Shakespeare.

 

This book is in the following series:

Cambridge School Shakespeare

This book features the following characters:

John
This book features the character John.

John Shakespeare
This book features the character John Shakespeare.

King John
This book features King John.

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He wrote plays, sonnets and verse and is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English Language. Son of a glove maker, he grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children, though one died very young. Shakespeare left Stratford to pursue theatre in London, where he acted at the Globe Theatre, wrote and was part owner of a playing company called 'The Lord Chamberlein's Men' (later 'The King's Men').

Mary Arden
This book features the character Mary Arden.

Anne Hathaway
This book features the character Anne Hathaway.