King Henry VI, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

Overview

King Henry VI matures as a gentle, spiritual man. Peace has been established between England and France and Suffolk has arranged a strategic marriage for the King to Margaret of Anjou. Suffolk, with his close relationship to Margaret, and the Duke of Gloucester hold influential positions at the court, as Henry lacks interest in politics and the affairs of the state. This weakness in leadership opens the door for power struggles among the royal family, the nobles and aristocrats. The murder of the Duke is just the first in a series of catastrophes leading to the open uprising against the King in the War of the Roses. An exciting and dynamic play, King Henry VI Part 2, explores the relationship between leadership, power and liberty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605126043
Publisher:	Akasha Classics
Publication date:	02/12/2010
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Widely esteemed as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an actor and theatrical producer in addition to writing plays and sonnets. Dubbed "The Bard of Avon," Shakespeare oversaw the building of the Globe Theatre in London, where a number of his plays were staged, the best-known of which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The First Folio, a printed book of 36 of his comedies, tragedies, and history plays, was published in 1623.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations General editors' preface Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Performance - Abridgement and adaptation - From abridgement to full text Criticism - Augustans to German Romantics - Victorians and Edwardians - Tillyard and the Tudor myth - Brockbank and the anti-Tillyardians - Providence on trial - Carnivalesque history - Seneca, rhetoric and poetry - Feminism - History, justice and drama Text - The upstart Crow - Date, sequence and authorship - From revision to report - Acceptance and reaction KING HENRY VI, Part 2 Longer Notes Appendices 1)
The First Quarto (1594) 2)
Q1 and Q3 variants 3)
Recollections in The Contention 4)
Doubling chart 5)
Sources 6)
Genealogical tables Abbreviations and references Index