Geraldine Cousin (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Cousin, Geraldine. Introduction to Shakespeare in Performance: King John, pp. 1-27. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994.
[In the following excerpt, Cousin surveys the performance and critical history of King John, listing significant adaptations of the drama and summarizing major movements in its reception and interpretation.]
KING JOHN IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
The few incontestable facts concerning the early history of King John are soon told: in...
Source: Shakespearean Criticism, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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