Distinguished editor TW Craik makes an independent & balanced examination of the many textual problems of Henry V providing many new emendations Craik's commentary is particularly ample & detailed with careful attention to the play's language textual problems the interpretation of stage directions & Shakespeare's handling of source materialshe builds up a distinct though traditionalist reading which critically sympathetic & undogmatic finds the play at once simple & subtle John Jowett Shakespeare Institute Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Survey 1997 ' With the exceptionally thorough Arden notes & the extensive editorial coverage including recent stage history this Henry V is the one to have' Times Higher Education Supplement' Craik's commentary is exemplary in its thorough treatment of critical concerns glossaries & explanations theatrical matters & source material' Barry Gaines University of New Mexico Shakespeare Quarterly