More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1, the play continues the story of King Henry's decline and Hal's reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff's revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V.
James C. Bulman's authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.
| ISBN: | 9781904271376 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2016 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | The Arden Shakespeare an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 576 pages |
| Series: | The Arden Shakespeare. Third Series |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts Literary studies: general |