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''Henry VI, Part 1'' may have been staged in 1592, when a play named ''Harey the vj'' was performed several times. It was printed in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include Edward Hall's ''Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York''.<ref>Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2008 Folger Shakespeare Library.</ref> | ''Henry VI, Part 1'' may have been staged in 1592, when a play named ''Harey the vj'' was performed several times. It was printed in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include Edward Hall's ''Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York''.<ref>Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2008 Folger Shakespeare Library.</ref> | ||
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Henry VI, Part 1, one of William Shakespeare's plays, is an uncompromising celebration of early English nationalism that contrasts the English with the French, portrayed here as effeminate and scheming.
A boy king, Henry VI, is on the English throne, and the indomitable Talbot leads the English cause in France. Joan La Pucelle (Joan of Arc), who becomes captain of the French, claims to be chosen by the Virgin Mary to liberate France. The English, however, consider her a sensual witch.
Many of the English nobility remain, quarreling, at home. Once in France, some seek permission to fight each other there. Talbot and his son cannot prevail; the English defeat themselves by preying on each other.
Henry VI, Part 1 may have been staged in 1592, when a play named Harey the vj was performed several times. It was printed in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include Edward Hall's Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York.[1]
Productions at the Folger
Early editions
First Folio
- LUNA: First Folio: k2v - m2r
- Hamnet: STC 22273 Fo. 1 no. 68
Second Folio
- LUNA: Second Folio: l4v - n4r
- Hamnet: STC 22274 Fo. 2 no. 07
Modern editions
Henry VI, Part 1, can be read online with Folger Digital Texts and purchased from Simon and Schuster.
- Hamnet link to Folger Edition: PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.09
In popular culture
Translations
Performance materials
Other media
Notes
<references>
- ↑ Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2008 Folger Shakespeare Library.