Description

Featuring the rise of King Henry V, this history play chronicles England s underdog victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War.

This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as:

• An overview of Shakespeare s life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, John Russell Brown
• Selections from Raphael Holinshed s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the source from which Shakespeare derived Henry V
• Dramatic criticism from William Hazlitt, W. B. Yeats, E.M.W. Tillyard, and others
• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text
• And more…