Ingrid Kauler 11 B SHAKESPEARES HISTORIES SHAKESPEARES HISTORIES

Ingrid Kauler, 11 B SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORIES

SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORIES First Folio � Ten plays based on the lives of English kings � From John to Henry VIII � English history plays � Plays that depict older historical figures such as Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Julius Caesar, and the legendary �

SOURCES Primary source was Holinshed's Chronicles (1587) � The anonymous history play The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (1598) � Hall's The Union of the Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and York (1542). �

SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORIES � � � � � King Henry IV Part 1 - 1597 -98 first performed. It was first printed in 1598 King Henry IV Part 2 - 1597 -98 first performance. It was first printed in 1600 King Henry V - 1598 -99 first performed. It was first printed in 1600 King Henry VI Part 1 - 1592 March 3 produced. It was first printed in 1594 King Henry VI Part 2 - 1592 -93 first performed. It was first printed in 1594 King Henry VI Part 3 - 1592 -93 first performed. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) King Henry VIII - 1612 -13 first performance. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) King John - 1596 -97 first performed. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio) Richard II - 1601 February 7 First Recorded production. It was first printed in 1597 Richard III - 1600 -01 first recorded performance. It was first printed in 1597

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER King John � Richard II � Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 � Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3 � Richard III � Henry VIII �

SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORIES Thomas Stothard's illustration of the death of Prince Edward (1824)

SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORIES English actor David Garrick as Richard III Henry VI Scene in the Temple Garden by John Pettie

IMPORTANCE � � � Tudor propaganda Show the dangers of civil war and celebrate the founders of the Tudor dynasty Richard III, the last member of the rival house of York is described as an evil monster "that bottled spider, that foul hunchback'd toad” Biased criticism of their own country Wars of the Roses

SOURCES http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Shakespearean_history � http: //cla. calpoly. edu/~dschwart/engl 339/history. html � http: //www. william-shakespeare. org. uk/williamshakespeare-histories. htm � http: //www. screenonline. org. uk/tv/id/564559/ � http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/ Elizabeth_I_in_coronation_robes. jpg � http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/ Shakespeare%27 s_King_John_at_Drury_Lane_Thea tre. jpg �

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