History play · c. 1591-92
The First Part of Henry the Sixth
The play opens at the funeral of Henry V, as the English hold France only by the valour of Talbot, whom Joan la Pucelle and the French confront at Orleans and beyond. In the Temple Garden the red and white roses are plucked, and the quarrel of York and Lancaster begins. Suffolk, meanwhile, woos Margaret of Anjou on the young king's behalf, with designs of his own.
Contents · 28 parts
- Persons of the Play31 lines
- Act I, Scene 1about 190 lines
- Act I, Scene 2about 160 lines
- Act I, Scene 399 lines
- Act I, Scene 4about 120 lines
- Act I, Scene 551 lines
- Act I, Scene 635 lines
- Act II, Scene 196 lines
- Act II, Scene 267 lines
- Act II, Scene 391 lines
- Act II, Scene 4about 140 lines
- Act II, Scene 5about 140 lines
- Act III, Scene 1about 220 lines
- Act III, Scene 2about 160 lines
- Act III, Scene 399 lines
- Act III, Scene 452 lines
- Act IV, Scene 1about 210 lines
- Act IV, Scene 262 lines
- Act IV, Scene 360 lines
- Act IV, Scene 450 lines
- Act IV, Scene 558 lines
- Act IV, Scene 661 lines
- Act IV, Scene 7about 100 lines
- Act V, Scene 167 lines
- Act V, Scene 226 lines
- Act V, Scene 3about 220 lines
- Act V, Scene 4about 180 lines
- Act V, Scene 5about 110 lines