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'Anyone who reads through Edward III with an open mind will, I believe, accept that the Shakespeare canon is permanently enlarged. It is an exhilarating experience.' Contemporary Review
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KING EDWARD Robert of Artois, banished though thou be From France thy native country, yet with us Thou shalt retain as great a seigniory; For we create thee Earl of Richmond here. Read the first page
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Thirty-six plays were published in the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1623; modern editions of Shakespeare's collected works now add two further plays, "Pericles" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen", which Shakespeare appears to have written in collaboration with other playwrights. Melchiori makes a very strong case for the addition of Edward III to the canon as another play that is mostly, perhaps entirely, by Shakespeare. (Many of Shakespeare's early plays were published without attribution to him, so this in itself does not disprove the claim of Shakespearean authorship.) Melchiori provides a convincing reason why Edward III did not appear in the first folio, namely its very unsympathetic portrayal of the Scots which, by 1623 with a Scots king now on the English throne, had become politically unacceptable. I found the case for Shakespearean authorship convincing, and I hope this Cambridge Shakespeare edition will herald the addition of this play to the accepted canon. I have to add, though, that this is a workaday rather than a brilliant play: think Henry VI part 1 rather than Henry V. It is mainly of interest to those interested in Shakespeare's development as a writer rather than to the general reader.
Edward III resembles Henry V--probably because for 116 years they've been fighting the same war against France: Edward III (Sluys, Crecy, Poitiers) Henry V (Agincourt). Henry V is far superior to Edward III.
The footnotes in the text have references to other Shakespeare plays--so read this one last--; the Oxford English Dictionary; and notes on the Sources, Froissart and Holinshed, which are written in Middle English; Running Commentary on Shakespeare vs. The Historical Record.
The Appendix has a scene by scene account of the sources.
This is a scholarly work--as an English Grad I say Bravissimo, Giorgio! However, for the general reader I recommend the Riverside Shakespeare (Complete Works). Yes, it's bulky but accessible to everyone. The Cambridge Edition is portable but its arcane language is accessible mainly to specialists in the field. I can understand the difficulty the reader from Bangkok, Thailand had in reading this edition: She's right on target.
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