Part of: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare) The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
- William Shakespeare (author)
- William James Craig (editor)
Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, Part One focuses not only on powerful political drama, but on the way that political drama is echoed in the relationship of a father and son. Henry IV has risked everything, including his soul, to take the crown from Richard II, but can his son ever be a worthy successor? This edition comes from the 1916 Oxford University Press edition of all of Shakespeare’s plays and poems.
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The Hollow CrownSeason one of the mini-series The Hollow Crown adapted Shakespeare’s first tetralogy (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V) into a four episode series, preserving much of the original language of the plays.
Liberty Matters
The Corrupting Influence of Power in Shakespeare’s PlaysJohn Alvis, Sarah Skwire, David Urban, and Michael Zuckert
This Liberty Matters discussion about the question of power in Shakespeare’s plays ranges widely throughout his works, but gives particular attention to the histories and tragedies.
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