historical drama

Presents Shakespeare's history play about Henry VIII, which dramatizes the king's political struggles with Cardinal Wolsey and his controversial marriage to Anne Boleyn. Also includes a scholarly introduction, an essay on Shakespeare's theatrical world, and explanatory notes.

Presents William Shakespeare's history play "Henry VI Part One" and includes explanatory notes and information on the text and the theater world in Shakespeare's time.

Presents William Shakespeare's history play "Henry VI Part Three" and includes explanatory notes and information on the text and the theater world in Shakespeare's time.

Presents the second of Shakespeare's three-part drama about England's civil wars in the fifteenth century, and includes an introduction to the play, a note on the text used, and an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare.

Presents Shakespeare's play of romantic intrigue and misadventure, and includes an essay on the theatrical world of the playwright, an introduction, and a note on the text used.

Contains that text of the English history play that dramatizes the fifteenth-century conflict between the royal families of York and Lancaster, and includes full explanatory notes on pages facing the text, an introduction to Shakespeare's language, and essays about his life, theater, and the publication of his works.

Presents critical essays on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

A four-act play about the witch hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts.

Includes a biography of Shakespeare plus critical studies of four of his historical plays.

Presents ten critical essays on the writings of twentieth-century American playwright August Wilson, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.