Shakespearean histories

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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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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

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Henry V (play) partOf Shakespearean histories
Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" influenced Shakespearean histories
subject surface form: Anglica Historia
this entity surface form: William Shakespeare’s English history plays
William Shakespeare's Richard III partOf Shakespearean histories
this entity surface form: Shakespearean history plays
Raphael Holinshed influencedWork Shakespearean histories
this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s history plays
Nym fictionalUniverse Shakespearean histories
this entity surface form: Shakespearean Henriad
Doll Tearsheet fictionalUniverse Shakespearean histories
Earl of Northumberland inUniverse Shakespearean histories
this entity surface form: Shakespearean history plays
Second Folio of Shakespeare contains Shakespearean histories
Henry VI, Part 2 partOf Shakespearean histories
this entity surface form: Shakespearean history plays