HENRY IV, PART 2(ISBN=9780812969252)

After defeat at the Battle of Shrewsbury the rebels regroup. But Prince Hal’s reluctance to inherit the crown threatens to destroy the ailing Henry IV’s dream of a lasting dynasty. Shakespeare’s portrait of the prodigal son’s journey from youth to maturity embraces the full panorama of society.
    Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts and authoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Each play includes an Introduction as well as an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; a chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; and black-and-white illustrations.
    Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) is today's most widely known and loved playwright.
    THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (RSC) is a world-renowned ensemble theater company in Stratford and London dedicated to bringing the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries to a modern audience.
    JONATHAN BATE is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, Bate's books on Shakespeare include Soul of the Age.
    ERIC RASMUSSEN, professor of English at the University of Nevada, is one of today's leading textual experts on Shakespeare.

Introduction
  Tragical．Comical—Historical．Pastoral
  “The Prince but Studies His Companions”P
  The Language of Time
  The Reformation of England?
About the．Text
KeyFacts  ．
The Second Part of Henry the Fourth，Containing His
Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth
Synopsis of Henry IV Part I
Textual Notes
Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear in the Folio
Oaths from the Quarto
Scene．．by．．Scene Analysis
Henry IV in Performance：The RSC and Beyond
    Four Centuries of Henry IV：An Overview
    AttheRSC
    The Actor’S Voice and the Director，S Cut：Interviews
    with Michael Pennington，Adrian Noble．and
    Michael Boyd
Shakespeare’S Career in the Theater
    Beginnings   
    Playhouses
    The Ensemble at Work
    The King，S Man
Shakespeare，S Works：A Chronology