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Henry VI, Part 1

c. 1591–1592

England loses France and gains a court full of enemies.

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Scenes

Act 1

1.1 Westminster Abbey. 1.2 France. Before Orleans 1.3 London. Before the Tower. 1.4 Orleans. 1.5 Before Orleans. 1.6 Orleans.

Act 2

2.1 Before Orleans. 2.2 Orleans. Within the town. 2.3 Auvergne. The Countess’s castle. 2.4 London. The Temple Garden. 2.5 The Tower of London.

Act 3

3.1 London. The Parliament House. 3.2 France. Before Rouen. 3.3 The plains near Rouen. 3.4 Paris. The Palace.

Act 4

4.1 Paris. The Palace. 4.2 Before Bordeaux. 4.3 Plains in Gascony. 4.4 Other plains in Gascony. 4.5 The English camp near Bordeaux. 4.6 A field of battle. 4.7 Another part of the field.

Act 5

5.1 London. The Palace. 5.2 France. Plains in Anjou. 5.3 Before Angiers. 5.4 Camp of the Duke of York in Anjou. 5.5 London. The royal palace.

Dramatis personæ

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER uncle to the King, and Protector
DUKE OF BEDFORD uncle to the King, and Regent of France
DUKE OF EXETER (Thomas Beaufort), great-uncle to the King
RICHARD PLANTAGENET son of Richard, late Earl of Cambridge, afterwards
EARL OF WARWICK
EARL OF SALISBURY
EARL OF SUFFOLK
LORD TALBOT afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury
JOHN TALBOT his son
SIR JOHN FASTOLF
SIR WILLIAM LUCY
SIR WILLIAM GLANSDALE
SIR THOMAS GARGRAVE
WOODVILLE Lieutenant of the Tower
VERNON of the White-Rose or York faction
BASSET of the Red-Rose or Lancaster faction
A LAWYER
CHARLES Dauphin, and afterwards King of France
REIGNIER Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples
DUKE OF BURGUNDY
BASTARD OF ORLEANS
MARGARET daughter to Reignier, afterwards married to King Henry
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE
JOAN LA PUCELLE commonly called Joan of Arc