num_pages: 224
description: New versions of Shakespeare's history plays from director and translator Douglas Langworthy.In his three Henry VI plays, Shakespeare tackles the infamous Wars of the Roses and the fall of the House of Lancaster. In this translation of Henry VI, Part 1, Douglas Langworthy explores the initial unrest as a young Henry VI becomes king. Langworthy's translation takes a deep dive into the language of Shakespeare. With a fine-tooth comb, he updates passages that are archaic and difficult to the modern ear and matches them with the syntax and lyricism of the rest of the play, essentially translating archaic Shakespeare to match contemporary Shakespeare.This translation of Henry VI, Part 1 was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of "The Bard" in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare's verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print--a new First Folio for a new era.
language: English
title: Henry VI, Part One
titlecomplete: Henry VI, Part One
characters: Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester, General of the French Garrison at Bordeaux, Sir John Fastolf, Vernon of the Yorkist (White Rose) Faction, Master Gunner's son, Sir Thomas Gargrave, Jean de Dunois, A Papal Legate, A Lawyer of the Temple, Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, Sir William Glasdale, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Basset of the Lancastrian (Red Rose) faction, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, Jeanne d'Arc, Master Gunner of Orléans, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Charles VII of France, Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Nicholas Watton, Lord Mayor of London, Eleanor Cobham, Margaret of Anjou, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Sir William Lucy, Countess of Auvergne, Henry VI of England, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Jacques Darc, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, René of Anjou, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
genres: Historical, Literature, British Literature, Classics, Drama, Plays, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 8603
places: England
series: Henry VI, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Signet Classics