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006 That Play You’ve Sort Of Heard Of: Henry VI, Part 2
Why are we doing Part 2 before Part 1? Because like George Lucas, Shakespeare got to Part 1 later.
Shakespeare's first and massively successful history play shows us the too, too pious King Henry VI surrounded by Machiavellian politicians, an adulterous wife, a working class rebellion, and the traitorous Duke of York.
Sources
The Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry VI, Part 2 (Oxford University Press)
The Life of the Author, William Shakespeare by Anna Beer (John Wiley & Sons)
William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life by Samuel Schoenbaum (Oxford University Press)
Shakespeare: The Critical…
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