For he hath witness of his servant's malice. For example, played by June Watson, Margaret was closely modelled after the British Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, even to the point of having similar clothes and hair. 2 Henry VI was performed under the title Henry VI, Part 2: England's Fall. However, the theory that The Contention may be an early draft does not necessarily imply that it could not also represent a bad quarto. In Holinshed, by contrast, Henry convenes a court and has several of the leaders executed (as he did in reality). Further evidence for the reported text theory is provided in how other plays are used throughout The Contention. [l] In the False Folio, the two plays were grouped under the general title The Whole Contention betweene the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke, With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt. Guy Martineau played Henry and Esther Whitehouse played Margaret. At this point, Gloucester leaves, but without any discernible reason. Like Humphrey, his "innocence" does not save him, and both he and his son-in-law are killed by the rebels. In all, 1,450 lines written by Barton were added to 6,000 lines of original Shakespearean material, with a total of 12,350 lines removed. Also like Barton and Hall, Bogdanov concentrated on political issues, although he made them far more overt than had his predecessors. Alice V. Griffin, "Shakespeare Through the Camera's Eye". [6] The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was highly anti-intellectual and anti-textual as well, an aspect that Shakespeare used to characterize his version of Cade's Rebellion (while in reality, Cade's Rebellion was one of the first popular uprisings in England that used writing to voice their grievances). [70][71] Graham Holderness saw Howell's non-naturalistic production as something of a reaction to the BBC's adaptation of the Henriad in seasons one and two, which had been directed by David Giles in the traditional and straightforward manner favoured by then series producer Cedric Messina; "where Messina saw the history plays conventionally as orthodox Tudor historiography, and [David Giles] employed dramatic techniques which allow that ideology a free and unhampered passage to the spectator, Jane Howell takes a more complex view of the first tetralogy as, simultaneously, a serious attempt at historical interpretation, and as a drama with a peculiarly modern relevance and contemporary application. First, when outlining his plan to assume power he refers to Henry as a king "Whose church-like humours fits not for a crown" (1.1.246). In 2000, Edward Hall presented the trilogy as a two-part series at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. The copy shown here is at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The most notable of these is 1.3.211 where Gloucester's line "This is the law, and this Duke Gloucester's doom" is given to Henry. Henry however, completely ignores her, calling out sorrowfully; "Ah, woe is me for Gloucester, wretched man" (72). Language conveys the importance of religion throughout the play. Michael Bogdanov and the English Shakespeare Company presented a different adaptation at the Swansea Grand Theatre in 1991, using the same cast as on the touring production. Henry VI, Part 2 or The Second Part of Henry the Sixth (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V. I would the college of the cardinals [2][3], For example, the marked contrast between Henry and Margaret, a recurring theme in the play, comes from Hall, who presents Henry as a "saint-like" victim of circumstances, and Margaret as a cunning and manipulative egotist. The Cardinal mocks religion shortly before the murder of Gloucester. The theatre is, therefore, examining fundamentals in staging the Henry VI plays. Starring Ralph Fiennes as Henry, Penny Downie as Margaret, Anton Lesser as York and David Waller as Gloucester, the production was extremely successful with both audiences and critics. Manley, Lawrence. Ed. Seale again directed, with Paul Daneman again appearing as Henry and Alfred Burke as Gloucester, alongside Barbara Jefford as Margaret and Derek Godfrey as York. 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