Shakespearean histories

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cycle of plays dramatic genre historical plays

Shakespearean histories are a group of William Shakespeare’s plays that dramatize events and monarchs from English history, particularly the turbulent reigns of medieval and early modern kings.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shakespearean history plays	3
Shakespearean Henriad	1
Shakespeare’s history plays	1
William Shakespeare’s English history plays	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cycle of plays ⓘ dramatic genre ⓘ historical plays ⓘ
canonicalSubset	First tetralogy NERFINISHED ⓘ Second tetralogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
creator	William Shakespeare ⓘ
criticalGroupingBy	First Folio editors NERFINISHED ⓘ
dramaticForm	blank verse ⓘ prose ⓘ
dramaturgicalFeature	large ensemble casts ⓘ use of battle scenes ⓘ use of comic subplots ⓘ use of soliloquies ⓘ
focusesOnMonarch	Henry IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VI of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King John of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesWork	Henry IV, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry IV, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VI, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VI, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VI, Part 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ King John NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard II NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard III NERFINISHED ⓘ The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (disputed, non-canonical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenceOn	British national mythology ⓘ subsequent history plays ⓘ
language	Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Elizabethan drama ⓘ Jacobean drama NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	English history ⓘ English monarchs ⓘ
publishedIn	First Folio NERFINISHED ⓘ
source	Edward Hall’s The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York NERFINISHED ⓘ Holinshed’s Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Raphael Holinshed NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDramatized	early modern England ⓘ medieval England ⓘ
typicalTheme	civil war ⓘ legitimacy of kingship ⓘ national identity ⓘ political power ⓘ rebellion ⓘ succession crises ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Folio of Shakespeare → contains → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

Doll Tearsheet → fictionalUniverse → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

Nym → fictionalUniverse → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shakespearean Henriad

Earl of Northumberland → inUniverse → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shakespearean history plays

Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" → influenced → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglica Historia

this entity surface form: William Shakespeare’s English history plays

Raphael Holinshed → influencedWork → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s history plays

Henry V (play) → partOf → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

Henry VI, Part 2 → partOf → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shakespearean history plays

William Shakespeare's Richard III → partOf → Shakespearean histories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shakespearean history plays