{"id":1218,"date":"2021-04-14T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&p=1218"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:12:55","slug":"henry-vi-part-2","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/henry-vi-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry VI, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The play, originally known as The first part of the contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster<\/i>, was probably completed by 1591. Its dating is made in relation to its sequel, The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke<\/i> (i.e. Henry VI, Part 3<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>

The play (as The first part of the contention<\/i>) was printed as a quarto in 1594, probably based on an actor\u2019s memory of it. A second quarto in 1600 was typeset from the first, and a third quarto in 1619 was typeset from the first and another source. The First Folio version, with its amended title, was probably typeset from Shakespeare\u2019s manuscripts or a copy of them used in the theatre: it is a third longer than the quarto versions.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2018But then are we in order when we are most out
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Henry VI, Part 2<\/em>, IV ii<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The play sees the strengthening of the Duke of York\u2019s power as he plots against Henry VI: the loyal Duke of Gloucester is implicated in the disastrous wars in France and later murdered, and the Duchess of Gloucester is banished. While York leaves to suppress a rising in Ireland, the rebel Jack Cade raises a mob to march on London: Shakespeare draws parallels with Cade\u2019s rabble and the Wars of the Roses being waged by the nobility.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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