Some take this story of the wavering king more seriously than others. Do you have a grudging affection for this unloved play?King John is an unloved play. Yet I have to admit to a grudging affection for it. I studied it as an A-level set-text in 1957 and that summer saw a very fine Stratford production by the now-forgotten Douglas Seale six or seven times.Seeing it so often not only helped get me through the exam: it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AM on April 7, 2014