Shakespeare s King Henry the Fifth: With an Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Shakespeare's King Henry the Fifth: With an Introduction and Notes<br/><br/>Vide Fleay, Life and W'ork of Shakespeare p. 206. Besides thus differentiating the two editions, Mr. Fleay takes the scene with the Scotch and Irish captains (iii. Ii. 1. 69 to the end of the Scene) to'be an insertion for the Court performance, Christmas 1605, to please King James, who had been annoyed that year by depreciation of the Scots on the stage.<br/><br/>This Scene is certainly a contrast to the anti Scottish feeling in Act I. Sc. Ii. The late Richard Simpson made some interesting, though doubtful, observations on the political teaching of Henry V. In a paper dealing with The politics of Shakespeare' s Historical Plays (new Shale. Soc.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.