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- Title
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN SHAKESPEARE DO NOT HAPPEN.
- Authors
Innes, Paul
- Abstract
The beginning of Shakespeare's 2 Henry IV takes the form of an address to the audience, as a single figure enters the stage and speaks a choric prologue directly to the auditorium. The performance technique that is enacted here is familiar enough from many other plays in the period, especially those that deal with history. However, this one is not content simply with raising the issue of the representation of prior historical events. It goes a stage further, playing with the inevitability of such events being misconstrued:
- Subjects
HENRY IV (Play : Shakespeare); DRAMATIC works of William Shakespeare; ENGLISH historical drama; HENRY IV, King of England, 1367-1413; BRITISH history; HISTORY in literature
- Publication
English: The Journal of the English Association, 2015, Vol 64, Issue 247, p254
- ISSN
0013-8215
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/english/efv024