Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance D: The First Part of King Henry VI, Part 1 (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

This is a confusing play, where BIG Bill follows a principal source, and then fits in some humanizing bits. It seems WS didn't write all of it, and the group of scenarists had some fights before production. Henry V being quite unexpectedly dead, the nobles of England attempt to bring the war in F...

from amerynth

William Shakespeare's "Henry VI, part one" certainly doesn't live up to the bard's later historical plays. The Henry VI series was apparently one of his first plays and it shows -- the language lacks sparkle and the writing seems a little flat. That said, I enjoyed it more than I expected to, mos...

from dypaloh

The text of Henry VI, Part I is easier to interpret than that of most other Shakespearean plays I've read. There seems to be academic contention about how many lines of Part I are due to Shakespeare, so it's tempting to claim the language is easy because William didn't write very much of it. Be t...

from AliceAnna

Simply awful. Very much had the feel of being thrown together which, appropriately enough, seems to have been the case. An afterthought prequel to Parts II and III. The caricature of Joan of Arc was outrageous. Even if one believed she was a lunatic, it was a bit over the top.

from baswood

The first part of a tetralogy consisting of Henry VI parts 2 and 3 and Richard III. Critics agree it was one of the earliest of Shakespeare's plays and was performed in 1592, but they do not agree that it was the first play written of the tetralogy. Some critics claim that part 2 was written firs...