num_pages: 272
description: Henry Part One is a dramatic tale of the lives of soldiers, diplomats, kings, and insurrectionists. It depicts the fractious instability of the court and nobility of fifteenth-century England, and their squabbles with their French counterparts.Despite its debut performance in 1592, however, Henry Part One does not appear in printed form until some thirty years later, in the 1623 folio. There are many questions, therefore, surrounding exactly how many people wrote the play, when they did so, how it was performed, who played what part,and the nature of the manuscript behind the first performance. In his wide-ranging introduction, Michael Taylor offers answers to these questions, and discusses other key issues such as language, structure, performance history, and the role of women in the play. Taylor edits the play for students,scholars, and theater-goers with an informative commentary on all aspects of the language, action, characters, and staging.
language: English
title: Henry VI, Part One
titlecomplete: Henry VI, Part One (Oxford World's Classics)
characters: Basset of the Lancastrian (Red Rose) faction, Margaret of Anjou, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Countess of Auvergne, Henry VI of England, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Eleanor Cobham, Sir William Glasdale, Vernon of the Yorkist (White Rose) Faction, General of the French Garrison at Bordeaux, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, Nicholas Watton, Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Gargrave, Jean de Dunois, A Papal Legate, Charles VII of France, Sir John Fastolf, A Lawyer of the Temple, John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Jeanne d'Arc, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Master Gunner of Orléans, Sir William Lucy, René of Anjou, Master Gunner's son, Jacques Darc, Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
genres: Historical Fiction, Theatre, Historical, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 8601
places: England
series: Henry VI, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Oxford University Press