King Henry VIII
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About This Book
This is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition ofKing Henry VIIIto appear for over a decade and includes up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the play, including dating authorship, printing, sources and stage history. The editor accepts the view that the play is a collaboration between Shakespeare and Fletcher. Unique to this edition is the frequent reference to Cavendish's biography of Wolsey, neglected in earlier editions. This edition includes a fully detailed commentary and a selective collation of major variant readings appear immediately beneath the text. Special attention...
Chapters (24)(click to expand)
- THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH
- SCENE: London; Westminster; Kimbolton
- ACT I
- SCENE I. London. An ante-chamber in the palace.
- SCENE II. The same. The council-chamber.
- SCENE III. An ante-chamber in the palace.
- SCENE IV. A Hall in York Place.
- ACT II
- SCENE I. Westminster. A street.
- SCENE II. An ante-chamber in the palace.
- SCENE III. An ante-chamber of the Queen’s apartments.
- SCENE IV. A hall in Blackfriars.
- ACT III
- SCENE I. London. The Queen’s apartments.
- SCENE II. Ante-chamber to the King’s apartment.
- ACT IV
- SCENE I. A street in Westminster.
- SCENE II. Kimbolton.
- ACT V
- SCENE I. A gallery in the palace.
- SCENE II. Lobby before the council-chamber.
- SCENE III. The palace yard.
- SCENE IV. The palace.
- Epilogue
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