King John (play) King John (play) The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623. King John receives an ambassador from France who demands with a threat of war, that he renounce his throne in favour of his nephew, Arthur, whom the French King Philip believes to be the
When I Was King and Other Verses When I Was King and Other Verses When I Was King and Other Verses (1905) is a collection of poetry by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. The original edition consisted of 76 poems, representing work that Lawson had published in the years since his previous major collection, "Verses, Popular and Humorous" was published in 1900. The book's publisher, Angus and Robertson, also released the collection in two volumes later the same year, titled "The Elder Son" and "When I Was King". These volumes were released under the publisher's Commonwealth Series of poetry collections and contain roughly half the original