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King John/henry VIII by William Shakespeare

King John/henry VIII

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William Shakespeare, William H. Matchett, Sylvan Barnet

Penguin Publishing Group · Paperback · February 3, 2004

Two of Shakespeare's important and illuminating history plays in a comprehensive and scholarly update.

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Shakespeare, Tudor & Elizabethan Britain, Shakespeare Studies
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, February 3, 2004

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Two of Shakespeare's important and illuminating history plays in a comprehensive and scholarly update. This edition includes a discussion and criticism of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by outstanding scholars past and present, stage histories of notable actors, directors, and producers, and clear, readable text and commentaries.

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Authors
William Shakespeare, William H. Matchett, Sylvan Barnet
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
February 3, 2004
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
The Classics