num_pages: 272
description: Henry VI: 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 VI: 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.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 1: The Oxford Shakespeare
titlecomplete: Henry VI, Part 1: The Oxford Shakespeare
characters: Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, General of the French Garrison at Bordeaux, Jacques Darc, Master Gunner of Orléans, Charles VII of France, Henry VI of England, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Jeanne d'Arc, Vernon of the Yorkist (White Rose) Faction, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Sir William Lucy, John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, A Lawyer of the Temple, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Master Gunner's son, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, René of Anjou, Countess of Auvergne, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Sir John Fastolf, Nicholas Watton, Lord Mayor of London, Jean de Dunois, Basset of the Lancastrian (Red Rose) faction, A Papal Legate, Eleanor Cobham, Margaret of Anjou, Sir William Glasdale, Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir Thomas Gargrave
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Historical, British Literature, Plays, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 8603
places: England
series: Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Henry VI, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Oxford University Press