King John, Rose Theatre, Kingston
According to Sellar and Yeatman in 1066 and All That, the true bible of English history, King John was a Bad (to be exact, an Awful) King. Shakespeare had quite an interest in Bad Kings - Richards II and III were also subjected to his selective dramatist's forensics, and like Sellar and Yeatman he only remember the bits he wanted to remember, and then partially.read more