Henry 6th part 2: ‘The Fox Barks Not When He Would Steal the Lamb’
The History Of European Theatre - A podcast by Philip Rowe - Mondays
Episode 127:A recap of Henry VI part one and the potential involvement of Christopher MarloweA word on methods of authorship attribution in the context of Shakespeare and MarloweThe dating and sources of the playA synopsis of Henry VI part twoThe characterisation of the War of the RosesThe decline of England mapped out in the playThe main characters in the playThe weakness of the king as portrayed in the playThe powerplay between Gloucester, York and MargaretMargaret as a central character in the playThe use of language to define different charactersThe contrast between Henry and MargaretThe Jack Cade rebellion and the utopia of a classless societyGloucester and the view of justice-based governmentHow the world depicted in the play might have been viewed by the first audiencesThe historical accuracy of the playThe arrival of Richard, future king, on stageThe performance history of the playSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
