!THE SECOND PART OF HENRY THE SIXT
WITH THE DEATH OF THE GOOD DUKE HUMFREY (1591)
The text exists in two states. A shorter version entitled
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THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION OF
THE TWOO FAMOUS HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER
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was first published in 1594 (Q1) and reprinted in 1600 (Q2) and 1619 (Q3). It apparently was set from a memorial reconstruction of performances (and so provides information on the play’s staging).
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The longer (authorial) version of the play was first published in the First Folio. F was set from Shakespeare’s foul papers (perhaps annotated and revised). Like 3 HENRY VI, F may have also referred occasionally to Q3 (where foul papers might have been damaged).
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!!X AXIS (abscisses): 3356 lines
FOLIO gives no subdivisions of ACTS & SCENES. Standard division were established by Steevens and Johnson (1773 / 1778)
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1.1: line 1 (reads “Scene begins at line 1”)
1.2: line 273
1.3: line 384
1.4: line 619
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2.1: line 715
2.2: line 959
2.3: line 1051
2.4: line 1069
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3.1: line 1292
3.2: line 1690
3.3: line 2132
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4.1: line 2168
4.2: line 2319
4.3: line 2511
4.4: line 2530
4.5: line 2598
4.6: line 2613
4.7: line 2633
4.8: line 2773
4.9: line 2848
4.10: line 2905
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5.1: line 2990
5.2: line 3218
5.3: line 3319
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FINIS @ line 3356
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!!Y AXIS (ordonnées):
Entrances & exits of Characters
According to their order of appearance.
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• (2,80) reads "enters at line 2, exits at line 80".
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• (3020 [rip 3051], 3131)
reads "enters at line 3020, dies at line 3051, corpse exits at line 3131). RIP at the end a character’s list indicates his/her decease (occurring sometimes offstage).
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• ([1051,1168])
reads “character is likely present onstage from line 1051 to line 1168”. These entries refer to such Folio stage directions as “Enter the King and State”, the “State” being the governing body composed of the various Lords.
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• ([1081] 1119,1144)
reads “character is likely present from line 1081 though actual entrance is indicated at line 1119, at which point character moves to foreground until his exit at line 1144”.
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• Conversely, (1136,1258 [1319])
reads “character enters at line 1136 and exits at line 1258 though he probably merely “retires” (i.e. remains onstage — in the background) until line 1319”.
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• PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS are capitalized.
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N.B. Where the Folio’s stage directions are ambiguous or too succinct, I have sometimes made use of Q1 (reproduced photographically in the Arden edition of 1999).
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KING HENRY
(2,80) (488,618) (719,958) (1051,1168) (1292,1523) (1706,2013) (2132,2168) (2530,2597) (2848,2904) (3048,3217) (3296,3318)
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GLOSTER (Duke Humfrey)
(2,153) (273,334) (488,528) (546,618) (715,958) (1051,1094) (1169,1266) (1390,1494) RIP
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SALISBURY
(2,225) (489,618) (959,1050) (1051,1168) (1292,1523) (1822,1836) (2132,2168) (3146,3217) (3336,3355)
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WARWICK
(2,225) (489,618) (959,1050) ([1051,1168]) (1292,1623) (1822,1937) (1944,2013) (2132,2168) (3145,3217) (3218,3238) (3319,3355)
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CARDINAL BEAUFORT (i.e. Winchester)
(2,178) (488,618) (715,958) (1051,1168) (1292,1535) (1707,1906)
(2132 [rip 2152] 2168) RIP
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QUEEN MARGARET
(2,80) (391,618) (715,958) (1051,1168) (1292,1635) (1706,2131) (2530,2597) (2848,2904) (3077,3217) (3296,3318)
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SUFFOLK
(2,80) (391,618) (716,958) (1051,1168) (1292,1635) (1695,1712) (1721,1937) (1944,2131) (2169,2307) RIP
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YORK (i.e. Richard Plantagenet)
(2,272) (489,618) (669,714) (959,1050) ([1051,1168]) (1292,1689) (2990,3217) (3226,3251) (3319,3355)
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SOMERSET (2nd Duke)
(2,187) (1376,1635) (1707,1906) (2849,2904) (3077,3217) (3288, [rip] 3288) RIP
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BUCKINGHAM
(2,187) (489,545) (669,714) (916,958) ([1051,1168]) (1292,1635) (2530,2597) (2781,2847) (2856,2904) (3002,3111 [3217])
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DUCHESS OF GLOSTER
(273,362) (488,540) (632,684) (1051,1068) (1188,1291)
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Hume (a priest)
(344,383) (619,629) ([1051,1061])
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Peter (the armourer’s man)
(384,421) (572,618) (1118,1168)
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The Armourer (Thomas Horner)
(572,618) (1118 [rip 1157] 1168) RIP
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Margery Jordan (a witch)
(619,684) (1051,1061) RIP
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Simpcox (an impostor)
(796,903)
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Walter Whitmore (executioner of Suffolk)
(2169,2307) (2312,2314)
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JACK CADE (a rebel)
(2350,2510) (2512,2529) (2613,2632) (2634,2771) (2772,2841)
(2905 [rip 2980] 2989) RIP
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Lord Say (victim of Cade)
(2530,2597) (2656,2751) RIP
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Old Clifford
(2781,2847) (2856,2904) (3119,3217) (3232 [rip 3249], 3287) RIP
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Alexander Iden (vanquisher of Cade)
(2990,2989) (3057,3217)
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Edward (1st son of York)
(3117,3217)
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Richard (3rd son of York)
(3117,3217) (3288,3295) (3319,3355)
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Young Clifford
(3119,3217) (3252, 3287) (3311,3318)
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!!PLOTS & COLOUR
PRINCIPAL PLOT: “The War of the Roses”
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The YORKISTS are:
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YORK
SALISBURY
WARWICK
The ARMOURER
EDWARD
RICHARD.
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The LANCASTRIANS are:
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KING HENRY
QUEEN MARGARET
SUFFOLK
SOMERSET
CARDINAL BEAUFORT
BUCKINGHAM
HUME
PETER
Lord SAY
Old CLIFFORD
Young CLIFFORD
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PLOT #2 “The Murder of Duke Humfrey of Gloster”
As the Folio’s subtitle suggests, the subplot concerns the political undermining and the murder (by the Lancaster faction) of GLOSTER.
Though GLOSTER serves the King and should himself be accounted a Lancaster, he is (together with his wife the DUCHESS of GLOSTER) of neither faction.
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PLOT #3 “The Cade Rebellion”
Though this rebellion is fuelled by YORK it is, for all tense and purposes, an independent unit of the play (almost a “play within the play”).
Basically the story is as follows.
The death of the popular Duke Humfrey (plot #2) leaves the realm open to rebellion (plot #3). Which rebellion sufficiently weakens it for YORK to state his claim on the throne (plot #1).
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!!ACTION SEQUENCES
• Incidentals
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Fight between The ARMOURER [York] & his man PETER [Lancaster]: (1058)
Fight at Sea (capture of SUFFOLK): (2011)
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• The CADE rebellion
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Alarum & fight: (2508,11) (2622,3) (2773,7)
Fight between IDEN & CADE: (2964)
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• Battle of St. Albans: (3218,3319)
