Bibliograph

William Shakespeare's Henry VI, William Shakespeare, Part one

Type

Label

William Shakespeare's Henry VI, William Shakespeare, Part one

Language

eng

resource.accompanyingMatter

libretto or text

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

drama

Main title

William Shakespeare's Henry VI

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

52816361

Responsibility statement

William Shakespeare

Series statement

Arkangel complete Shakespeare

Summary

Henry V is dead and the throne is now occupied by the infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed Protector, however, a struggle for power soon develops between the young King's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile, the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry VTraces the personal and political fortunes of King Henry VI, from the time of his childhood to youth and marriage to the beautiful but ruthless Margaret of Anjou, and through the power struggles of his subjects the Yorkists and Lancastrians, ending with the growing influence of sinister Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Table Of Contents

CD 1 : Act I -- Act II ; CD 2 : Act III -- Act IV ; CD 3 : Act V

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

resource.variantTitle

Fully dramatized recording of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part oneHenry VI. Part one

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