King Johnby William Shakespeare | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" |
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| Category: |
"Drama" |
| Pages: | 100 |
| Year of Publication: | 1597 |
| Date Read: | 03/11/1995 |
| Notes: | The play dramatises the reign of King John of England, son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. The play opens with a demand from the French King Phillip for King John to abdicate in favor of his nephew Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, son of his elder brother Geoffrey. The five acts then depict a dizzying change of alliances, a Papal excommunication and subsequent acceptance, and the play ends finally with King John's death at the hands of a monk. |
| My Rating: | 7 |