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    Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
    Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘HenryVI, Part 2’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Shakespeare includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786562692
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) es ampliamente reconocido como uno de los más grandes escritores de todos los tiempos. Dramaturgo, actor y poeta, escribió casi cuarenta obras de teatro agrupadas generalmente según tres categorías: tragedias, comedias y obras históricas. Piezas como Hamlet, El rey Lear, El mercader de Venecia, Antonio y Cleopatra, Macbeth y Romeo y Julieta, por nombrar algunas de ellas, son aún a día de hoy estudiadas y representadas en todo el mundo.

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      Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare (Illustrated) - William Shakespeare

      The Complete Works of

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      VOLUME 1 OF 74

      Henry  VI, Part 2

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2012

      Version 6

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Henry  VI, Part 2’

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition (in 74 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 269 2

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 1 of the Delphi Classics edition of William Shakespeare in 74 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Henry  VI, Part 2 from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of William Shakespeare, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of William Shakespeare or the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      IN 74 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Plays

      1, Henry  VI, Part 2

      2, Henry  VI, Part 3

      3, Henry  VI, Part 1

      4, Richard  III

      5, The Comedy of Errors

      6, Titus Andronicus

      7, Taming of the Shrew

      8, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

      9, Love’s Labour’s Lost

      10, Romeo and Juliet

      11, Richard II

      12, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

      13, King John

      14, The Merchant of Venice

      15, Henry IV, Part I

      16, Henry IV, Part II

      17, Much Ado About Nothing

      18, Henry V

      19, Julius Caesar

      20, As You Like It

      21, Twelfth Night

      22, Hamlet

      23, The Merry Wives of Windsor

      24, Troilus and Cressida

      25, All’s Well that Ends Well

      26, Measure for Measure

      27, Othello

      28, King Lear

      29, Macbeth

      30, Antony and Cleopatra

      31, Coriolanus

      32, Timon of Athens

      33, Pericles

      34, Cymbeline

      35, The Winter’s Tale

      36, The Tempest

      37, Henry  VIII

      38, The Two Noble Kinsmen

      The Lost Plays

      39, The Lost Plays

      The Sources

      40, The Plays’ Sources

      The Apocryphal Plays

      41, Arden of Faversham

      42, The Birth of Merlin

      43, King Edward  III

      44, Locrine

      45, The London Prodigal

      46, The Puritan

      47, The Second Maiden’s Tragedy

      48, Sir John Oldcastle

      49, Thomas Lord Cromwell

      50, A Yorkshire Tragedy

      51, Sir Thomas More

      52, Fair Em

      53, Mucedorus

      54, The Merry Devil of Edmonton

      55, Edmund Ironside

      56, Thomas of Woodstock

      57, Vortigern and Rowena

      The Adaptations

      58, Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

      The Poetry

      59, The Sonnets

      60, Venus and Adonis

      61, The Rape of Lucrece

      62, The Passionate Pilgrim

      63, The Phoenix and the Turtle

      64, A Lover’s Complaint

      The Apocryphal Poetry

      65, To the Queen

      66, A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter

      67, Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music

      The Criticism

      68, The Criticism

      The Biographies

      69, Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear by Nicholas Rowe

      70, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters by Henry Norman Hudson

      71, Life of William Shakespeare by Sir Sidney Lee

      72, Shakespeare’s Lost Years in London by Arthur Acheson

      73, The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote by Charles Dudley Warner

      Resources

      74, Resources

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      Henry  VI, Part 2

      This history play is believed by many scholars to be Shakespeare’s first play, having been written in 1591, and it was only titled Part II following the production of a prequel two years later.  This play focuses on the King Henry’s inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the war - the First Battle of St Albans.

      Although the Henry VI trilogy was not written in chronological order, the three plays are often grouped together with Richard III to form a tetralogy covering the entire Wars of the Roses saga, from the death of Henry V in 1422 to the rise to power of Henry VII in 1485. The success of these plays firmly established Shakespeare’s reputation as a playwright.

      Interestingly, Henry VI, Part 2 has the largest cast of all Shakespeare’s plays, and is seen by many critics as the best of the Henry VI trilogy, though sadly the play receives little attention elsewhere.

      Shakespeare’s main source text for this play is available via this link.

      John Shakespeare – the writer’s father, a glove maker, who later became Mayor of Stratford

      The first page of the First Folio copy, published in 1623

      CONTENTS

      Dramatis Personæ

      Act I. Scene I.

      Act I. Scene II.

      Act I. Scene III.

      Act I. Scene IV.

      Act II. Scene I.

      Act II. Scene II.

      Act II. Scene III.

      Act II. Scene IV.

      Act III. Scene I.

      Act III. Scene II.

      Act III. Scene III.

      Act IV. Scene I.

      Act IV. Scene II.

      Act IV. Scene III.

      Act IV. Scene IV.

      Act IV. Scene V.

      Act IV. Scene VI.

      Act IV. Scene VII.

      Act IV. Scene VIII.

      Act IV. Scene IX.

      Act IV. Scene X.

      Act V. Scene I.

      Act V. Scene II.

      Act V. Scene III.

      King Henry VI

      Dramatis Personæ

      KING HENRY THE SIXTH.

      HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloucester, his Uncle.

      CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, Great-Uncle to the King.

      RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.

      EDWARD and RICHARD, his Sons.

      DUKE OF SOMERSET, DUKE OF SUFFOLK, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, & LORD CLIFFORD, YOUNG CLIFFORD, his Son: Of the King’s Party.

      EARL OF SALISBURY & EARL OF WARWICK: Of the York Faction.

      LORD SCALES, Governor of the Tower.

      SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD, his Brother.

      LORD SAY.

      A Sea-captain, Master, and Master’s Mate.

      WALTER WHITMORE.

      SIR JOHN STANLEY.

      Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk.

      VAUX.

      MATTHEW GOFFE.

      JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, Priests.

      BOLINGBROKE, a Conjurer.

      A Spirit raised by him.

      THOMAS HORNER, an Armourer.

      PETER, his Man.

      Clerk of Chatham.

      Mayor of St. Alban’s.

      SIMPCOX, an Impostor.

      Two Murderers.

      JACK CADE, a Rebel.

      GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the Butcher, SMITH the Weaver, MICHAEL, &c.: Followers of Cade.

      ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish Gentleman.

      MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.

      ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester.

      MARGERY JOURDAIN, a Witch.

      Wife to Simpcox.

      Lords, Ladies, and Attendants; Herald, Petitioners, Aldermen, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers; Citizens, Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c.

      SCENE. — In various parts of England.

      Act I. Scene I.

      London.  A Room of State in the Palace.

      Flourish of Trumpets: then hautboys.  Enter, on one side, KING HENRY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, SALISBURY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL BEAUFORT; on the other, QUEEN MARGARET, led in by SUFFOLK; YORK, SOMERSET, BUCKINGHAM, and Others, following.

      Suf.  As by your high imperial majesty

      I had in charge at my depart for France,

      As procurator to your excellence,   5

      To marry Princess Margaret for your Grace;

      So, in the famous ancient city, Tours,

      In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil,

      The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Britaine, and Alençon,

      Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops,   10

      I have perform’d my task, and was espous’d:

      And humbly now upon my bended knee,

      In sight of England and her lordly peers,

      Deliver up my title in the queen

      To your most gracious hands, that are the substance   15

      Of that great shadow I did represent;

      The happiest gift that ever marquess gave,

      The fairest queen that ever king receiv’d.

      K. Hen.  Suffolk, arise. Welcome, Queen Margaret:

      I can express no kinder sign of love   20

      Than this kind kiss. O Lord! that lends me life,

      Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

      For thou hast given me in this beauteous face

      A world of earthly blessings to my soul,

      If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.   25

      Q. Mar.  Great King of England and my gracious lord,

      The mutual conference that my mind hath had

      By day, by night, waking, and in my dreams,

      In courtly company, or at my beads,

      With you,

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