Henry VI by William Shakespeare
No CoverShakespeare’s epic history of King Henry VI’s weak reign and the bloody dynastic Wars of the Roses.
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Shakespeare’s epic history of King Henry VI’s weak reign and the bloody dynastic Wars of the Roses.
The second part of Henry the sixth (Second part of Henry VI), William Shakespeare, edited by William Montgomery, with an introduction by Janis Lull. New York: Penguin Books, 2000 = 1379.
will contain mild spoilers
Political marriages and courtly attraction; no explicit sexual content
Frequent battles, murders, executions; heads displayed; child killed on stage
Period oaths and insults; no modern strong profanity
Occasional court drinking and wine references
No LGBTQ+ representation present
Pious king, clergy, prayers, and contested claims of divine guidance
No fantasy magic present
Joan of Arc conjures fiends; a witch raises a spirit on stage
Dynastic succession, civil war, and power struggles drive the entire plot
No self-harm or suicide depicted
On-stage murder of a child; cruelty to captives; wartime suffering
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