The Henry VI plays - Hampton-Reeves, Stuart (Manchester University Press, 2006)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-217) and index
Playing Henry VI in the early modern period -- Rediscoveries: nation, war and empire (1899-1953) -- The Wars of the Roses: the RSC's Henry VI and Edward IV (1963-64) -- A true trilogy: the RSC's Henry VI (1977-79) -- Henry VI and the BBC (1960 and 1981-83) -- English counter-histories: the ESC's House of Lancaster and House of York (1987-89) -- Acts of war: The RSC's The Plantagenets (1988-90) -- Plundering in front of hell: The RSC's Henry VI -- The battle for the throne (1994-95) -- Black comedies: the RSC's millennial Henry Vi (2000-1)
A study of the Henry VI plays in performance, this work focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions, which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity