num_pages: 336
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.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
language: English
title: Henry VI, Part 2: The Oxford Shakespeare
titlecomplete: Henry VI, Part 2: The Oxford Shakespeare
characters: John Southwell, Sheriff of London, Sir John Stanley, William Stafford, Earl of Salisbury, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Mayor of St Albans, Asmath, Simpcox's wife, Sir Humphrey Stafford, King Henry VI, King of England, Walter Whitmore, Cardinal Beaufort, John Hum, Thomas Horner, Edward, Earl of March, Jack Cade, Lord Saye, Lord Scales, Peter Thump, Lord Clifford, Roger Bolingbroke, Alderman of St Albans, Duke of Buckingham, George Bevis, Duchess Eleanor of Gloucester, William de la Pole, John Holland, Sander Simpcox, Richard Plantagenet, Matthew Gough, Earl of Warwick, Alexander Iden, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Somerset, Margery Jourdayne, Queen Margaret, Young Clifford
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Historical, Plays, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, 16th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 7420
series: Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Henry VI, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Oxford University Press