What was it about this series and Henry VI specifically that made you want to do it? First of all, it was a play which I didn’t know at all. I think very few people know it, so unlike with a lot of ...

King Henry (Jesse Hinson), Queen Margaret (Jennie Israel), Duke of Somerset (Ross MacDonald) and Duke of Gloucester (Allyn Burrows) in "Henry VI, Part 2." (Stratton McCrady Photography) A ...

While not considered among the Bard’s strongest work, “Henry VI, Part 2,” part of PBS’s “Great Performances” series, features some very potent performances, notably from Sophie Okonedo as Queen ...

Oh, the scheming, cheating, lying and fighting. You thought your family holidays were bad? Spare a thought for King Henry VI. Orlando Shakes returns to England’s War of the Roses with “Henry VI, Part ...

Pity poor King Henry VI, coming to England’s throne at less than a year old and in the shadow of his victorious and popular father. Talk about a hard act to follow. Shakespeare’s play “Henry VI, Part ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Henry VI, Part II is commonly regarded as the strongest of the Henry VI trilogy, ...

Murderous pirates, sword fights, a severed head, and a cast of 16 come together in Atlas Shakespeare Company's inaugural New York City production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI. The intimate fast ...

There have been a few rulers in England whose life stories are tragic beyond imagination. Henry VI is considered one such king. He was born on December 6, 1421, inside Windsor Castle. At just eight ...

It was August 1453. King Henry VI of England left his pregnant wife Margaret of Anjou at home and travelled from court to the West Country on a judicial visit ...

‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” Shakespeare gives this line to Henry IV, who was more fortunate than several other medieval English kings, for he died in his own bed of natural causes, and ...