Henry VI Part 1 Resources

Websites

So You Think You Can Be a 16th-Century Playwright?

Check out PBS's cool online game, where you can channel your inner dramatic artist.

Your Play Online, Shmoopers. Henry VI, Part 1

Henry VI, Part 1 is here for your reading pleasure.

Flower Power Struggle

Whoa—tough times for England: We're talking ten coups and fifteen invasions in less than a century. Read why the Wars of the Roses happened here.

Dude—the Originals

Folger Shakespeare library lets you see Henry VI, Part 1 in the First Folio. Pretty fancy.

The Globe is Yours

Always great to know you've got the world at your fingertips—the world of Shakespeare, that is. See it right here at the Globe theater official site.

Video

Football Histories

The Reduced Shakespeare Company performs all the histories in just three minutes—while playing football.

Movie or TV Productions

The Hollow Crown

This series looks pretty cool—and since it features Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III, you know it will be awesome.

Articles and Interviews

Will the Real Henry VI Please Stand Up?

Read all about the monarch Shakespeare based his play on.

The Bard About Town

Want the lowdown on what people thought of Shakespeare in Elizabethan England? Then this is the link for you.

Magneto as Richard, Duke of York

Yep, Sir Ian McKellen as Richard in the famous rose argument scene. Too bad he's not arguing with Patrick Stewart's Professor X, but we suppose we can't have everything we want.

Images

Henry VI Sits Pretty

Check out the real king atop his throne in this illuminated manuscript.

Dun Dun Dun…

Witness the choosing of the red and white roses. Not sure why this matters? Be sure to swing by the "Symbols" section before you bounce.

Joan of Arc and the Furies

Not just an excellent band name, but also a pretty excellent image to gaze upon.