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Second Part of King Henry IV Shakespeare William The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. Introductions are regularly…
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Second Part of King Henry IV Shakespeare William
The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems.
Melchiori argues that the play forms an unplanned sequel to the First Part, itself a 'remake' of an old, non-Shakespearean play. This second edition retains Giorgio Melchiori's text of Shakespeare's The Second Part of King Henry IV. In the Second Part, Shakespeare deliberately exploits Falstaff's popular appeal and the resulting rich humour adds a comic dimension to the play, rendering it a unique blend of history, morality play and comedy.
Among modern editions, Melchiori's is the one most firmly based on the quarto. This second edition includes a new section by Adam Hansen on
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