description: Shakespeare's Henry VI plays dramatize contemporary as much as Elizabethan issues: the struggle for power, the manoeuvres of politicians, social unrest, civil war. This edition draws on experience of the play in rehearsal and performance to focus on both its theatricality and contemporary relevance in a wide-ranging introduction and detailed commentary.
language: English
title: King Henry VI
titlecomplete: King Henry VI
characters: Earl of Salisbury, Duchess Eleanor of Gloucester, Duke of Buckingham, Sheriff of London, Margery Jourdayne, Mayor of St Albans, Roger Bolingbroke, Simpcox's wife, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Asmath, John Hum, William de la Pole, Alderman of St Albans, Alexander Iden, Lord Clifford, Richard Plantagenet, Sander Simpcox, Peter Thump, Jack Cade, Young Clifford, Thomas Horner, Lord Saye, Earl of Warwick, Matthew Gough, Duke of Somerset, Lord Scales, King Henry VI, King of England, Cardinal Beaufort, Sir Humphrey Stafford, George Bevis, Edward, Earl of March, Queen Margaret, John Southwell, Sir John Stanley, Walter Whitmore, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, John Holland, William Stafford
genres: Drama, Theatre, Historical, Literature, Plays, Poetry, Classics, 16th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 7420
series: Henry VI, Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy
publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul