Vaughan, New Henry Halford Vaughan, New Readings and New Renderings of Shakespeare’s Tragedies, 2nd edn, 3 vols (1886), vol. 1

  Vaughan, ‘Transition’ Virginia Mason Vaughan, ‘Between tetralogies: King John as transition’, SQ, 35.4 (1984), 407–20

  Vickers Brian Vickers, ‘Shakespearian consolations’, Proceedings of the British Academy, 82 (1993), 219–84

  Volpone Ben Jonson, Volpone, ed. Robert N. Watson (2003)

  Waith Eugene M. Waith, ‘King John and the drama of history’, SQ, 29 (1978), 192–211

  Williams Gordon Williams, A Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature, 3 vols (1994)

  Wright G. Wright, Shakespeare’s Metrical Art (Oakland, Calif., 1988)

  INDEX

  This index covers the Introduction, the commentary notes and the Appendix; it excludes the textual notes and references to the OED. Page numbers in bold refer to figures.

  1066 and All That (Sellar and Yeatman) here

  A Homily against Disobedience and Wilful Rebellion here

  A Letter to Colley Cibber, Esq; On His Transformation of King John here

  A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott here, here; burlesque here, here

  Absey-book here

  act and scene divisions here

  Act of Supremacy here

  Act to Restrain Abuses of Players (1606) here, here

  actors here

  actualities here

  adultery here

  Adventures of Robin Hood, The (film) here

  America here

  American Place Theatre here

  Angiers here, here, here, here, here

  Anjou here

  anti-Catholicism here, here, here, here, here

  anti-popery here

  antiquarianism here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Aquinas, Thomas here; Summa Theologica here

  archery here

  Arden of Faversham here

  Arden Shakespeare here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Arthur here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Ascension Day here

  Athenaeum here

  Austria here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  authority here

  Bacon, Sir Francis here

  Bailey, Samuel here

  Baker, Herschel here

  Baldwin, T.W. here

  Bale, John, King Johan here

  Barbieri, Richard E. here

  Barton, John here

  Barton’s production here

  Bastard, the see Faulconbridge, Philip (the Bastard)

  bastardry here, here, here, here

  Bate, Jonathan here

  Battle of Maldon, The here

  Beaurline, L.A. here, here, here

  Beerbohm Tree, Herbert here, here, here, here; production here, here

  Beerbohm Tree, Maud here

  Bell’s Weekly Messenger here

  Bentley, G.E. here

  Best, Michael here

  Bevington, David here

  Bigot, Roger here

  Blanche here, here, here, here, here

  Blount, Edward here, here

  Book, the here, here, here

  bookholder here

  Booth, Michael R. here

  borrowed majesty here

  Boswell-Stone, W.G. here, here

  Brantley, Ben here

  Braunmuller, A.R. here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Brennan, Clare here

  Brereton, J.L. here

  Brexit here

  British Mutoscope & Biograph Company here

  Brittany here

  Brooks, H.F. here

  Brown, Mark here

  Buchel, Charles A. here

  Bullough, Geoffrey, Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare here

  Campbell, Lily B. here, here

  Capell, Edward here, here

  Capon, William here

  casting here

  casuistry here, here

  catchwords here

  censorship here

  Chamberlain’s Men here

  Chapman, George here; Alphonsus here; The Gentleman Usher here

  Chatillon here, here, here, here, here

  Cheney, Dick here

  Chettle, Henry here

  children’s companies here

  chorus here

  Church, the here, here, here, here, here, here

  Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton here, here

  Churchill, Winston here

  Cibber, Colley here; Papal Tyranny here, here, here; Richard III here

  Cibber, Katherine here

  cinema here

  Clare, Janet here, here

  Colbert, Stephen here

  Colbrand the Giant here

  Commodity here, here, here, here, here

  common law here

  common people here

  Compositor B here, here

  Compositor C here, here

  compositors here, here

  Condell, Henry here, here

  conscience here, here

  Constance here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  contemporary culture, lack of impact on here

  Coonrod, Karin here

  copyright statute (1710) here

  Cornwall here

  Cornwall, Barry here

  Coronation Oath here

  Costume of Shakespeare’s historical tragedy of King John: selected and arranged from the best authorities, expressly for the proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden: with biographical, critical and explanatory notices here, here

  costumes here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Cotgrave, Randle, Dictionary here

  Covent Garden production (1737) here, here

  Covent Garden production (1823) here, here, here, here, here, here

  Coventry Evening Telegraph here

  Curll, Edmund here

  Dacre, James here, here; production here, here

  Daily Advertiser here

  Daunce, E., Brief Discourses here

  Dauphin here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Davenport, Robert, King John and Matilda here

  Davies, Sir John here

  Davison, William here

  de Grazia, Margreta here

  Death here, here, here, here, here, here

  Der bestrafte Brudermord (Fratricide Punished) here

  despair here

  Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex here

  devil, the here, here

  dialogue text here

  directions text here

  directors here

  disenchantment here

  Dodd, William here; The Beauties of Shakespeare here

  Donne, John here, here

  double entendre here

  double genitive here

  Dover Wilson, John here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  dramatic manuscripts, types here

  Drayton, Michael, Polyolbion here

  Drury Lane production (1745) here, here

  Drury Lane production (1842) here

  Dyce, Alexander here

  Edward II, King here

  Edward VI, King here

  Eleanor, Queen here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Elizabeth I, Queen here, here, here, here

  Engel, Susan here

  England here, here, here

  English nationalism here, here

  English Reformation here

  English Treasury of Wit and Language, The here

  Erskine-Hill, Howard here

  Essex, Earl of here, here

  ethical dilemmas, analysis of here

  Examiner here

  excommunication here

  expurgation here

  extrajudicial murder here

  Faulconbridge, Philip (the Bastard) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Faulconbridge, Robert here, here, here, here, here

  fealty here

  Ferguson, Ailsa Grant here

  feudal society here

  First Folio here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Norton Facsimile here

  Fitzgerald, Penelope, At Freddie’s here

  Flaxman, John here, here

  Fletcher, John here

  foreign invasion, theat of here

  Forker, Charles R. here

  Forster, John here

  Fortune here, here

  Fotheringhay Castle here

  foul papers here, here, here, here

  Foxe, John here, here, here; Acts and Monuments here, here, here, here, here, here

  France here, here, here, here, here

  French Revolution here

  Fripp, E.I. here

  Fuseli, Henry here, here

  Gammer Gurton’s Needle here

  Garrick, David here, here, here

  geographical features here

  George, Saint here

  Giamatti, Paul here

  Gildon, Charles here, here

  Glorious Revolution here

  Golding, Arthur here

  Good Friday here

  Good News from France here

  Goodbody, Buzz here, here; production here, here

  Goodwin Sands here, here

  Gosson, Stephen, The School of Abuse here

  Green, Valentine here

  Greene, Robert: Alphonsus, King of Aragon here; Spanish Masquerado here

  Greg, W.W. here

  Gregory, Pope here

  Grey, Lady Jane here

  grief here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Guevara, Antonio de, Golden Epistles here

  Gurney, James here, here, here, here

  Guy of Warwick here

  Hall, Edward, Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York here

  Hall, Henry here

  Halliwell, J.O. here, here

  Harvard Concordance (Spevack) here

  Harvey, Gabriel here

  Hawkins, Richard here

  Hayward, Sir John here

  Heilpern, John here

  Helgerson, Richard here

  Helme, John here

  Heminges, John here, here

  hendiadys here

  Henry, Prince here, here, here

  Henry II, King here, here

  Henry III, King here, here, here

  Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor here

  Henry VII, King here

  Henry VIII, King here, here, here, here, here

  Her Majesty’s Theatre here

  Hercules here, here

  Heywood, Thomas, Edward IV here

  Hinman, Charlton here

  historical narrative here, here

  historical representation here, here

  historicism here

  historiography here, here

  history, treatment of here, here

  history plays here, here, here, here, here, here

  Holinshed, Raphael here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Chronicles here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Homilies here

  Honigmann, E.A.J. here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Horsey, William here

  Howard, Jean E. here

  Hubert here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  humours here, here, here

  Hunne, Richard here

  Hurault, M., Discourse upon the present estate of France here

  illusionism here

  Inchbald, Elizabeth here

  inconsistencies here

  Innocent III, Pope here, here

  interpretative traditions here

  Ireland here

  Ironclad here

  Irving, Henry here

  Jacobite rebellion (1745) here

  Jaggard, Isaac here, here, here, here

  John, King here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Johnson, Samuel here, here

  Jones, Emrys here

  Jonson, Ben here, here; Every Man in His Humour here; Volpone here

  Jowett, John here

  Kastan, David Scott here, here, here

  Kean, Charles here

  Kellner, Leon here

  Kemble, Charles here, here, here, here

  Kemble, John Philip here

  Kemble–Planché production here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Kent here

  King Edward III here

  King John here; act and scene divisions here; Angiers episode here, here; Arthur’s capture here; the Bastard’s final speech here, here, here, here, here; casting here; comparison with Papal Tyranny here, here, here; comparison with Troublesome Reign here; date here; death of John here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; dialogue text here; directions text here, here; disenchantment here; early verisons here; and English nationalism here, here; entrance of the King and Queen here; exploration of legitimacy here; expurgations here, here, here; fall from prominence here; fictionality here; film here, here, here; geographic scope here, here; and grief here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; the handfast here; and historical representation here; historiography here; inconsistencies here; influence here; interpretative traditions here; manuscript source here; Melun’s dying confession here; modifications here; murder of Arthur here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; nineteenth century here; passionate history here; patterns of repetition here, here; personifications of passions here; and pity here, here; political context here; political topicality here; political topics here; print history here; questions here; rehabilitation of King John here; rhetorical patterns here; seventeenth century here; sources here, here; stage directions here; and succession here; swearing of oaths here, here, here, here, here, here, here; textual recovery here; theatrical recovery here; treatment of history here, here; visual components here; and wrath here

  King John roles: Arthur here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Blanche here, here, here, here, here; Chatillon here, here, here, here, here; Constance here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Dauphin here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Essex here, here; Hubert here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; James Gurney here, here, here; King John here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Melun here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Pandulph here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Pembroke here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Peter of Pomfret here, here, here, here, here; Philip, King of France here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Philip Faulconbridge (the Bastard) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Prince Henry here, here; Queen Eleanor here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; Robert Faulconbridge here, here, here, here, here; Roger Bigot here; Salisbury here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  King John (film) here, here

  King’s Company here

  King’s Men here, here, here, here

  Klause, John here, here, here, here

  Knight, Edward here

  Kokeritz, H. here

  Kyd, Thomas here; 1 Ieronimo here; Cornelia here; The Spanish Tragedy here, here, here

  Lancastrian plays here

  Lane, Robert here

  Langham, Michael here

  Langton, Stephen here

  legitimacy and legitimation here, here

  Leicester’s Commonwealth here

  Lewis, C.S., The Discarded Image here

  Lincoln Washes here

  Lomasney, Martin here

  McGirr, Elaine here

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, The Prince here

  Machiavellianism here, here, here, here

  Macklin, Charles here

  McMullan, Gordon here

  Macready, Charles here, here; production here

  Magna Carta here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Magna Charta; or, The Eventful Reign of King John here

  Mahood, M. here

  Maine here

  Maley, William here

  Malone, Edmond here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  manuscript source here

  Marlowe, Christopher: 1 Tamb here; Doctor Faustus here, here, here; Edward II here, here, here, here, here; The Jew of Malta here

  Marston, John, The Malcontent here

  Mary, Queen of Scots here

  Mary Tudor here

  masques here

  Matchett, William H. here

  Matthew of Paris, Historia Maior here

  Meadows, J.K. here, here

  medievalism here

  melancholy here

  Melun here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  memorial reconstruction here

  Meres, Francis, Palladis Tamia here

  merit here

  Merriam, Thomas here

  meta-history here

  meteors here

  Miller, J. here

  Milton, John, Paradise Lost here

  Mirabeau, siege of here, here

  monasteries here

  Moody, Jane here

  Moore Smith, G.C. here