William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.
'It is the superbly generous girth of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays
that makes them so remarkable'
*Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 15.07.10*
'Shakespeare's story of a troubled usurper, a rebel age, a
dissolute prince and his Falstaff.'
*Libby Purves, The Times, 16.07.10*
'This is Shakespeare's masterpeice where diseaeses are turned to
commodity, the hostess is eaten out of house and home, citizens are
urged to construe the time to their neccessities, and white hairs
ill become a fool and jester.'
*Michael Coveney, Independent, 16.07.10*
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