Unconformities in Shakespeare’s History Plays |
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... beginning of 2 Henry VI is not that subscribed to after much persuasion by the King of France at the end of 1 Henry VI . The last - mentioned treaty knows nothing of Margaret or of Anjou and Maine . Conversely , the broken marriage ...
... beginning of 2 Henry VI is not that subscribed to after much persuasion by the King of France at the end of 1 Henry VI . The last - mentioned treaty knows nothing of Margaret or of Anjou and Maine . Conversely , the broken marriage ...
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... beginning of The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York ( i.e. the present 2 and 3 Henry VI ) , but in the remainder of the latter play the plotting gets very shaky as dramatic material is added by stages to fill in the action of a semi ...
... beginning of The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York ( i.e. the present 2 and 3 Henry VI ) , but in the remainder of the latter play the plotting gets very shaky as dramatic material is added by stages to fill in the action of a semi ...
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... Beginning with King John ( supposing it came before Richard II ) , there is a marked tendency to change the direction or focus of the plays in midstream , so to speak . In each case the opening scenes introduce business which promises ...
... Beginning with King John ( supposing it came before Richard II ) , there is a marked tendency to change the direction or focus of the plays in midstream , so to speak . In each case the opening scenes introduce business which promises ...
Contents
The Whole Contention One Play into Two | 19 |
Treachery and Dissension Two Plays into One | 38 |
Plots and Prophecies The Tragedy of King Richard the Third | 53 |
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action Agincourt Anne appearance Arden audience Aumerle Bardolph Bastard battle battle of Towton beginning Bolingbroke brother Buckingham Bullough character chorus chronicles Clarence conflict crown curse Dauphin death Dover Wilson dramatic dramatist Duke of York E. M. W. Tillyard Edward Elizabeth Elizabethan England English History Play expectations Falstaff Folio France French Gaunt Gloucester Gloucester's Hal's Harry hath Henry IV plays Henry VI plays Henry VIII Henry's Holinshed Hotspur house of York inconsistent Justice Katherine King Henry King John King Richard king's lines Lord Margaret messenger Mortimer Mowbray murder Northumberland obviously opening scene Penguin perhaps plot political prince probably quarto Queen revenge Ribner Richard II Richmond Rossiter Salisbury says seems Shakespeare Shakespeare's History Plays Shakespeare's plays Shrewsbury soliloquy Somerset speaks speech stage structure Suffolk Talbot play tetralogy theme Tillyard Troublesome Raigne True Tragedy Tudor myth victory Warwick Wolsey words York's Yorkist