Henry V (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)

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Summary: This is a GREAT edition of Henry V
Review: I have the Riverside anthology but wanted an individual copy of this play. At first glance you might think this edition is 'for kids' because it has illustrations and photographs and it is in fact full of acting and pronunciation notes for young actors. But as a grad student studying this text more closely than most people every need/want to do - I can wholeheartedly recommend this version for anyone.* It is endorsed by Oxford and the text is perfect. More importantly (this is what sold me) instead of having the notes on the bottom of the page which can cause frustration and headaches when you're constantly losing your place and having to find it again, this edition has the notes on the side, right NEXT to where the annotated words are. I can't tell you how much more enjoyable it was to read that way. And the notes themselves are excellent - the only possible complaint is that there are too many of them and experienced Shakespeare readers might not need so many, but I don't know why anyone would really complain about that. Preferable to Arden, Cambridge, Norton - any other edition in my opinion.

*The only exception I can think of is a textual scholar - this edition does not have textual notes indicating which words were inserted or contested in the Folio or later editions.