fractious reign Shakespeare devoted a trilogy of plays. In an ironic twist, like Richard II before him, Henry VI was unsuited to the challenges of kingship. Before he, too, was deposed and likely ...

Besides his turn as the devilish cleric, Robert scores as a comedic rebel. Timothy Williams is commandingly determined and ...

King Henry VI has married Margaret of Anjou. Various members of the British court have their own plans for the future of King Henry VI. Gloucester and his wife, Eleanor, plot for the throne as ...

Henry VI Part 1, Act 5, Scene 2 A heart to love ... The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 2 Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare in the Park, 2019 Photo Credit: Joan Marcus When you depart from ...

As Shakespeare depicts the king’s reign from June 1483 to ... In the play, for example, Richard calls Queen Margaret, widow ...

Henry VI, Act 1, Scene 4 I were better to be eaten ... Othello, Act 1, Scene 3 Othello: Shakespeare in the Park, 2018 Photo Credit: Joan Marcus You cannot, sir, take from me anything that ...

This particular troupe of actors had several Shakespeare plays in their repertory at the time: Titus Andronicus, versions 2 and 3 of Henry VI and The Taming of the Shrew. The company had performed ...

Opinion: Freedom and democracy depend on the fair and impartial application of the rule of law by our courts and the ...

All three would have been known to Shakespeare already, at least as actors in Henry VI, Part I during their heyday with Strange’s Men. In the summer of 1592, when Henry VI Part I was performing ...

Let’s kill all the lawyers.” These words, spoken by Dick the Butcher in Henry “VI,” are one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines. Dick is a rough character, a killer as evil as his name implies. He and ...

King Henry VI has married Margaret of Anjou. Various members of the British court have their own plans for the future of King Henry VI. Gloucester and his wife, Eleanor, plot for the throne as ...