Henry VI (Part 2) - The Houses of York and Lancaster

Henry VI (Part 2) - The Houses of York and Lancaster
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Thu 29 Aug - Sat 31 Aug 2013

Drama



The saintly Henry VI is undermined by his nobles, especially the ambitious Richard, Duke of York, and by the Kentish rebellion, led by the charismatic Jack Cade, popular champion and savage critic of England’s social inequality...

Shakespeare's Globe presents The Houses of York and Lancaster at the Grand Opera House Belfast - the second in 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.