KING JOHN. Sidney Lee

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      William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee

      KING JOHN

      Including The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

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      ISBN 978-80-272-3666-4

Table of Contents

       King John

       PERSONS REPRESENTED

       ACT I.

       ACT II.

       ACT III.

       ACT IV.

       ACT V.

       The Life of William Shakespeare

       PREFACE

       I—PARENTAGE AND BIRTH

       II—CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE

       III—THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD

       IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE

       V.—EARLY DRAMATIC EFFORTS

       VI—THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC

       VII—THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY

       VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS

       IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON

       X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS

       XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER

       XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE

       XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS

       XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY

       XV—THE LATEST PLAYS

       XVI—THE CLOSE OF LIFE

       XVII—SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS

       XVIII—AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS

       XIX—BIBLIOGRAPHY

       XX—POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION

       XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATE

       APPENDIX

      King John

      PERSONS REPRESENTED

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       KING JOHN.

       PRINCE HENRY, his son; afterwards KING HENRY III.

       ARTHUR, Duke of Bretagne, son to GEFFREY, late Duke of Bretagne,

       the elder brother to King John.

       WILLIAM MARSHALL, Earl of Pembroke.

       GEOFFREY FITZ-PETER, Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciary of England.

       WILLIAM LONGSWORD, Earl of Salisbury.

       ROBERT BIGOT, Earl of Norfolk.

       HUBERT DE BURGH, Chamberlain to the King.

       ROBERT FALCONBRIDGE, son to Sir Robert Falconbridge.

       PHILIP FALCONBRIDGE, his half-brother, bastard son to King

       Richard I.

       JAMES GURNEY, servant to Lady Falconbridge.

       PETER OF POMFRET, a prophet

       PHILIP, King of France.

       LOUIS, the Dauphin.

       ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA.

       CARDINAL PANDULPH, the Pope’s legate.

       MELUN, a French lord.

       CHATILLON, Ambassador from France to King John.

       ELINOR, Widow of King Henry II and Mother to King John.

       CONSTANCE, Mother to Arthur.

       BLANCH OF SPAIN, Daughter to Alphonso, King of Castile, and Niece

       to King John.

       LADY FALCONBRIDGE, Mother to the Bastard and Robert Falconbridge.

       Lords, Citizens of Angiers, Sheriff, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, Attendants and other Attendants.

       SCENE: Sometimes in England, and sometimes in France.

ACT I.

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      SCENE 1. Northampton. A Room of State in the Palace.

       [Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, PEMBROKE, ESSEX, SALISBURY, and others, with CHATILLON.]

       KING JOHN.