William Shakespeare's Works/Histories/King Henry VI Part 2
The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth is a historical play by William Shakespeare, written between 1590 and 1591. This is the sixth part of a series of eight plays about the War of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster during the 14th and 15th centuries.
Acts
[edit | edit source]Dramatis Personæ
[edit | edit source]- King Henry VI
- Humphrey
- Cardinal Beaufort
- Richard Plantagenet
- Edward
- Richard
- Duke of Somerset
- Duke of Suffolk
- Duke of Buckingham
- Lord Clifford
- Young Clifford
- Earl of Salisbury
- Earl of Warwick
- Lord Scales
- Lord Say
- Sir Humphrey Stafford
- William Stafford
- Sir John Stanley
- Vaux
- Matthew Goffe
- Walter Whitmore
- John Hume
- John Southwell
- Roger Bolingbroke
- Thomas Horner
- Peter
- Simpcox
- Alexander Iden
- Jack Cade
- George Bevis
- John Holland
- Dick
- Smith
- Michael
- Margaret
- Eleanor
- Margaret Jourdain
- a Sea-Captain
- a Master
- his Mate
- two Gentlemen
- Clerk of Chatham
- Mayor of St. Albans
- two Murderers
- Simpcox's Wife
- a Herald
- a Beadle
- a Sheriff
- a Spirit
- Lords
- Ladies
- Attendants
- Petitioners
- Aldermen
- Officers
- Citizens
- Prentices
- Falconers
- Guards
- Soldiers
- Messengers