King John
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play by Shakespeare
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- Shakespeare's King John at Drury Lane Theatre.jpg
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- King John (play)
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- 1623-00-00
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- 1596-00-00
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- The Life and Death of King John
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The Life and Death of King John (1590): The stage actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917) as the eponymous monarch. (Charles A. Buchel, 1900)
The Life and Death of King John (also King John), by William Shakespeare, is a history play about the reign of John, King of England (r. 1199–1216), the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the father of Henry III. King John was written in the mid-1590s but published in 1623 in the First Folio of Shakespeare's works.
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1598 playsBiographical plays about English royaltyBritish plays adapted into filmsCultural depictions of Eleanor of AquitaineCultural depictions of English monarchsCultural depictions of Henry III of EnglandCultural depictions of John, King of EnglandCultural depictions of Louis VIII of FranceEnglish Renaissance playsPlays about kingsPlays set in EnglandPlays set in the 12th centuryPlays set in the 13th centuryShakespearean historiesShakespearean tragedies