Henry VI Part 1

The boy king Henry VI assumes the throne after Henry V unexpectedly dies. The internal squabbling of nobles and the extrenal threat posed by the charismatic Joan of Arc are only the start of the troubles, the seeds for the Wars of the Roses. are sown.

[Picture: Plucking the Red and White Roses, Henry Payne, 1908]

A Few Thoughts...

On Stage:

2016 Chicago Shakespeare Theater as part of Tug of War: Foreign Fire, a six-hour adaptation of Edward III, Henry V and Henry VI - Part 1. Dir: Barbara Gaines

Filmed:

1983, BBC Television Shakespeare Series. Dir: Jean Howell

2016, The Hollow Crown, Series 2, Ep 1. Dir: Dominic Cooke