{"id":397,"date":"2021-04-13T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&#038;p=397"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:10:13","slug":"king-john","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/king-john\/","title":{"rendered":"King John"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"397\" class=\"elementor elementor-397\" data-elementor-post-type=\"plays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ccdb803 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7ccdb803\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3608e11c\" data-id=\"3608e11c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2cb41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e2cb41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">In 1598, the play is mentioned by Francis Meres in a list of Shakespeare\u2019s plays. The main source was probably an anonymous \u2013 and very different \u2013 play, <em>The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England<\/em>, printed in 1591. Most scholars date the play to 1593\u20131596.<\/span><\/p><p>The play wasn\u2019t printed before appearing in the First Folio. There is no agreement on what source was used to typeset the play: possibly a 1596 manuscript that was copied by scribes in 1609 and 1623.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2845d579\" data-id=\"2845d579\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488de217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"488de217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/King-John_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1256\" alt=\"King John\" srcset=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/King-John_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/King-John_300ppi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/King-John_300ppi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/King-John_300ppi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/King-John_300ppi.jpg 1476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-248db842 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"248db842\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b772ff9\" data-id=\"6b772ff9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-471ee79a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"471ee79a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10a26d26\" data-id=\"10a26d26\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693ab3b4 text-indent elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"693ab3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2018O, spare mine eyes,<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">Though to no use but still to look at you!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b35dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35b35dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>King John<\/em>, IV i<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69fab7af elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"69fab7af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-333337f3\" data-id=\"333337f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dcfd9ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3dcfd9ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40906c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40906c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The incompetent and unpopular King John, finds his grasp on the English throne threatened on all sides: demands from home and abroad that he abdicate in favour of his nephew Prince Arthur lead John to war against France, and a short-lived pact breaks down as Rome intervenes. John\u2019s attempt to neutralise Arthur leads to a loss of support from his lords, and his troubles multiply, in a history play marked by fluid allegiances and political manoeuvring.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50d6f87e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"50d6f87e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bc8b60d\" data-id=\"5bc8b60d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40283a49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"40283a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/514451401?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1&amp;h=aad46f15b7#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1598, the play is mentioned by Francis Meres in a list of Shakespeare\u2019s plays. 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