Contents
Alphabetical List of Plays and Poems ix
A Preface for Users xi
A Shakespeare Chronology xv
vOlume i
Overviews anD tHe HistOry Plays
Overviews
William Shakespeare’s Age
Harold Branam
3
William Shakespeare’s Life
Joseph Rosenblum
19
William Shakespeare’s Theater
Robert F. Willson Jr.
37
William Shakespeare’s Texts
Roze Hentschell
51
William Shakespeare’s Language
Barry B. Adams
65
The Authorship Questions
Joseph Rosenblum
79
tHe HistOry Plays
Overview: Shakespeare’s History Plays
Sonia Suman
97
Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3
John D. Cox
105
Richard III
Andrew Macdonald, Gina Macdonald, and Cindy Chopoidalo
153
King John
Michael Egan and Jessie Herrada Nance
191
Richard II
Nicholas Crawford and Cindy Chopoidalo
235
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2
Rebecca Fletcher McNeer
271
Henry V
Sheryl A. Clouse and Sonia Suman
341
Henry VIII
Yashdip S. Bains and Gaywyn Moore
379
Edward III
Nicholas Birns
417
Sir Thomas More
Lucy Munro
445
