Henry VI (Part 3) - The True Tragedy of The Duke of York

Henry VI (Part 3) - The True Tragedy of The Duke of York

Thu 29 Aug - Sat 31 Aug 2013

Drama



A bloody power struggle opens up between the King’s party, led by the fearsome Queen Margaret, and the Yorkists, led by first Richard, then his sons Edward and ‘that lump of foul deformity’, Richard of Gloucester...

Shakespeare's Globe presents The True Tragedy of The Duke of York at the Grand Opera House Belfast - the final installment of the acclaimed trilogy of plays that make up Henry VI.

These plays create a world without ideology; a savage time, when the heroes are not kings, but formidable women, such as Joan of Arc, or rebels, such as Jack Cade. Bold characterisation, black comedy, rhetorical power and, in the personality of Henry VI, touching pathos combine in Shakespeare’s powerful rendering of a country racked by civil war.

Shakespeare almost certainly did not set out to write a trilogy, and each play can be enjoyed without knowledge of the others.