by William Shakespeare
As I read through this play I began to realise how closely connected it is to Richard III, which is not surprising since this play was written shortly after Henry VI. In many way, much of the action in Richard III, as well as a number of the characters, stem from this play. I remember watching the I...
Andrew Scott's brilliant reciting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PkuF00jN14 I have no brother, I am like no brother, And this word ‘love’, which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me! I am myself aloneFor I have often heard my mother say I came into the world wi...
Excited for Richard iii. In love with the character already.
What follows are the collective observations of the entire trilogy:1 Henry VI -- 2.5 to 3 stars2 Henry VI -- 3+ stars3 Henry VI -- 4 starsI don't have much to say about part 1 of Shakespeare's Henry VI. It's not a bad play; it's just not the Bard at his best. It has its moments but the impression I ...
Henry VI's! They're like buses. You wait for ages, and then three come by at once.