The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.0153 Wednesday, 26 January 2005
From: Peter Bridgman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 25 Jan 2005 15:30:07 -0000
Subject: 16.0138 Date of King John
Comment: Re: SHK 16.0138 Date of King John
Steve Sohmer asks ...
>Can anyone tell me the latest received opinion -- and supply a reference
>-- re the date of King John?
No one knows. Ernst Honigmann suggests 1590, his theory being that 'The
Troublesome Raigne of King John of England' (1591), a rabidly
anti-Catholic version, probably written by spy Anthony Munday, was a
reaction to Shakespeare's play.
Other scholars have suggested 1591, i.e. that WS's play was a reaction
to 'The Troublesome Raigne'.
Peter Bridgman
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