King John (New ed.)

This important new edition of one of Shakespeare's more neglected plays offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, concentrating on its relevance to Elizabethan political issues and on the role played in it by women, the family, and the law.

There is a comprehensive stage history, and full and helpful annotation pays special attention to the play's language and staging.

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