Why are we doing Part 2 before Part 1? Because like George Lucas, Shakespeare got to Part 1 later.

Shakespeare's first and massively successful history play shows us the too, too pious King Henry VI surrounded by Machiavellian politicians, an adulterous wife, a working class rebellion, and the traitorous Duke of York.

Sources

The Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry VI, Part 2 (Oxford University Press)

The Life of the Author, William Shakespeare by Anna Beer (John Wiley & Sons)

William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life by Samuel Schoenbaum (Oxford University Press)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

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