THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI
Reading edition · Edition 2
by William Shakespeare
Contents
ACT I
Scene I. London. The palace
Scene II. The Duke of Gloucester’s House
Scene III. London. The palace
Scene IV. Gloucester’s Garden
ACT II
SCENE I. Saint Albans
SCENE II. London. The Duke of York’s Garden
SCENE III. A Hall of Justice
SCENE IV. A Street
ACT III
SCENE I. The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund’s
SCENE II. Bury St. Edmund’s. A Room of State
SCENE III. A Bedchamber
ACT IV
SCENE I. The Coast of Kent
SCENE II. Blackheath
SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath
SCENE IV. London. The Palace
SCENE V. London. The Tower
SCENE VI. London. Cannon Street
SCENE VII. London. Smithfield
SCENE VIII. Southwark
SCENE IX. Kenilworth Castle
SCENE X. Kent. Iden’s Garden
ACT V
SCENE I. Fields between Dartford and Blackheath
SCENE II. Saint Albans
SCENE III. Fields near Saint Albans
Dramatis Personæ
KING HENRY THE SIXTH MARGARET, Queen to King Henry Humphrey, Duke of GLOUCESTER, his uncle ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester CARDINAL Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King
DUKE OF SOMERSET DUKE OF SUFFOLK DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM LORD CLIFFORD YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son VAUX
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of YORK EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons EARL OF SALISBURY EARL OF WARWICK
THOMAS HORNER, an armourer PETER THUMP, his man JOHN HUME, a priest JOHN SOUTHWELL, a priest Margery JOURDAIN, a witch ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer SIMPCOX, an impostor Wife to Simpcox Mayor of Saint Albans SIR JOHN STANLEY Two Murderers A LIEUTENANT MASTER Master’s-Mate Walter WHITMORE Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk
Jack CADE, a rebel George BEVIS John HOLLAND DICK the butcher SMITH the weaver MICHAEL, etc., followers of Cade CLERK of Chartham SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother LORD SCALES LORD SAYE MATTHEW GOUGH Alexander IDEN, a Kentish gentleman
Lords, Ladies, and Attendants, Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c.
A Spirit