025 The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Kings: King John (1596)

The one that you forgot Shakespeare did.

King John just can’t catch a break. He’s got challengers to the throne, war with France, and now the Pope’s getting on his back. Desperate times call for desperate measures, which include knocking off his young nephew Arthur.

Does this play deserve the obscurity it’s fallen into? Sophie and Michael find out!

Sources:

The Oxford Shakespeare: King John (Oxford University Press)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)