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The First Part of King Henry VI

Wars of the Roses epic of political chaos beginning with the funeral of Henry V and ending with the unstoppable ambition of Richard Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) for the battered English throne

King Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3

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The First Part of King Henry VI

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The First Part of King Henry VI
Edited by Michael Hattaway

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Related resources from the Folger Shakespeare Library

Wright, John William, artist. Margaret [character in Shakespeare's] Henry 6th, part I. Holl, William, printmaker, [19th c.]

Orchardson, William Quiller, artist. Talbot and the Countess of Auvergne. Charles William Sharpe, printmaker. London: Virtue & Co., 18??.

Shaw, Byam, artist. "Her Aid She Promised," King The First Part of King Henry VI, a set of seven original drawings. [ca. 1900].

Unknown artist. The maid of Orleans. [scene from King The First Part of King Henry VI, act 1, scene 2]. [Great Britain or United States?, 19th century?]

Satchwell, R. William, Artist. Henry 6, part 1, act V, scene III, page 565. William Ridley, printmaker. London: Vernor & Hood, 1800.

Shakespeare, William. The first Part of Henry the Sixt. In Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. London: Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623.

Watson, John Dawson, artist. The two roses ... Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset? ... Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet? ... The First Part of King Henry VI, act II, scene IV [graphic]. Thomas Sherratt, printmaker. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, mid to late nineteenth century?.

Boydell, Josiah, artist. First part of King Henry 6th, act II, scene IV. John Ognorne, printmaker. London: John & Josiah Boydell, 1795.

Hamilton, William, artist. First part of King Henry VI, act 2, scene 5, a room in the tower, Mortimer, jailors & Richard Plantagenet. Isaac Taylor, jr., engraver. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1795.

Birrell, A., printmaker. Castle at Rouen, The First Part of King Henry VI, act 3, scene II. London: E. Harding, 1790.

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