The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its
up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series
features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays
and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of
new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition
of The First Part of King Henry IV offers a theatrical perspective
on the origins of Shakespeare's play and the history of its
interpretation. In their introduction the editors, Herbert and
Judith Weil, clarify the play's de-centred dramatic structure and
call attention to the effects of civil war on a broad range of
relationships. Falstaff's unpredictable vitality is also explored,
together with such important contemporaneous values as honour,
friendship, festivity and reformation. Lexical glosses make the
rich wordplay accessible, while the notes provide a thorough
commentary on Shakespeare's transformation of his sources. A
supplementary section by Katharine Craik focuses on important
modern interpretations.
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