Shelfmark
Krr.3.40
Author
Uniform title
[Henry V]
Title
The life of King Henry V / by William Shakespeare.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : New York : J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. ; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1935.
Physical description
xv, [3], 165 p. ; 14 cm.
Series statement
(New Temple Shakespeare)
Note
With series title page. At head: "The New Temple Shakespeare"; at foot: "Edited by M. R. Ridley, M.A."
Note
Series title page, title-page, and preliminaries included in pagination. Final page not paginated but taken as so.
Note
Publisher's red cloth binding; gilt stamp with theatrical imagery on upper cover. Spine with gilt titling.
Note
Includes notes and glossary.
Note
Illustrations by Eric Gill.
Note
Publication date and statement of manufacture from title-page verso: "Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull and Spears at Edinburgh".
Provenance
Ink stamp on upper pastedown: "Saunderites"; additionally, manuscript inscription on p. 163: "C. A. Humphrey / Saunderites".
Provenance
Ms. note on upper pastedown: "Glen Byam Shaw's copy, for his production of Henry V, Old Vic, Jan 1951."
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes in Glen Byam Shaw's hand throughout with annotations, underlinings, corrections and strikethroughs (e.g. on p. 3, Antonio's phrase 'Fie, fie!' annotated with the direction "Laugh").
Copy-specific note
Ms. note in Glen Byam Shaw's hand on upper endpaper: "Stars on Constable's armour / Moonlight in camp scene / [?]Gloves for Williams and Henry"
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes in Glen Byam Shaw's hand throughout, with annotations, underlinings, corrections and strikethroughs constent with use as a performance copy (e.g.vast amounts of Act I cut).
Copy-specific note
Ms. underlinings in an unidentified second hand throughout Act I (pp. 3-20) with note at head of p. 3: "Words underlined in red are in the notes [i.e. Glossary] at the back."
Copy-specific note
Ms. doodles and various other small marks in an unidentified (third?) hand scattered throughout (e.g., pp. 63, 162).
Copy-specific note
Wanting lower endpaper (evidence of tearing and removal).
Subject
Added entry--name
Gill, Eric, 1882 - 1940 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Shaw, Glen Byam director, former owner.
Added entry--name
J. M. Dent & Sons publisher.
Added entry--name
E. P. Dutton publisher.
Added entry--name
Turnbull & Spears printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
United States New York New York City.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50704