Henry VI, Part 3 or The Third Part of Henry the Sixt (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and 2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed conflict, 3 Henry VI deals primarily with the horrors of that conflict, as the once ordered nation is thrown into chaos and barbarism as families break down and moral codes are subverted in the pursuit of revenge and power.<br /><br />Among Shakespeare's history plays Henry VI Part 3 and Richard II contain the only intances in which a living monarch is displaced. However, unlike Richard who fell because of his misunderstanding of the limits of his sovereignty, the demise of Henry was due to his total incapacity to exercise his sovereign power. The inability of the king to deal with the brutal realities of regal life is dramatically displayed in Act 2 Scene 5 where Henry witnesses the agonies of the father who has killed his son and the son who has killed his father, and sadly acknowledges that this civil strife has been caused by the King's ineptitude. The crowning indignity comes in Act 3 Scene 1 where the king in hiding is easily detected and trapped by two rustics who triumphantly prepare to lead him before the man who has deposed him, Edward IV. Henry's death comes at the hands of the brother of Edward, the vicious and rampantly ambitious Richard, who later rises to the heights of supreme tyranny in Richard III. After Henry's son and heir, Edward, is murdered, also by the future Richard III, and Henry's most influential supporter, the Earl of Warwick, dies, the House of Lancaster lies in ruins.<br /><br />Henry VI, Part 3 features the longest soliloquy in all of Shakespeare (3.2.124-195), and has more battle scenes (four on stage, one reported) than any other of Shakespeare's plays. (Summary from Wikipedia with addition by Algy Pug)<br /><br />Cast:<br />Bona: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5549" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ckless1</a><br />Duke of Exeter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/152" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Andy Minter</a><br />Duke of Norfolk: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5617" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kenrg</a><br />Duke of Somerset: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5625" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Readalot</a><br />Earl of Northumberland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5643" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chewbobcca</a><br />Earl of Warwick: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Earl of Westmoreland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Earl of Oxford: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lars Rolander</a><br />Edmund, Earl of Rutland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3698" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nadine Eckert-Boulet</a><br />Father who has killed his son: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />First Keeper: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />First Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />First Watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Lawrence</a><br />George, Duke of Clarence: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3470" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jason Mills</a><br />Henry VI: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br />Huntsman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />King Edward IV: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5659" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dale Burgess</a><br />King Lewis XI of France: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Martin Geeson</a><br />Lieutenant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Lord Rivers: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Lord Clifford: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5664" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aidan Brack</a><br />Lord Hastings: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4267" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ric F</a><br />Marquess of Montague: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3698" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nadine Eckert-Boulet</a><br />Mayor of York: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Nobleman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Post: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5622" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Roseanne Schmidt</a><br />Prince Edward: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5570" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Corinna Schultz</a><br />Queen Elizabeth: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5269" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Barr</a><br />Queen Margaret: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Richard III: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lars Rolander</a><br />Richard Plantagenet: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5141" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Goldfarb</a><br />Second Keeper: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3465" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ravenotation</a><br />Second Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Availle</a><br />Second Watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3698" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nadine Eckert-Boulet</a><br />Sir John Mortimer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Soldier: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Son who has killed his father: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4744" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amy Gramour</a><br />Third Watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3615" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lucy Perry</a><br />Tutor of Rutland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5077" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sandra G</a><br /><br />Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett and Algy Pug
William Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 3
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Henry VI, Part 3 or The Third Part of Henry the Sixt (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and 2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed conflict, 3 Henry VI deals primarily with the horrors of that conflict, as the once ordered nation is thrown into chaos and barbarism as families break down and moral codes are subverted in the pursuit of revenge and power.<br /><br />Among Shakespeare's history plays Henry VI Part 3 and Richard II contain the only intances in which a living monarch is displaced. However, unlike Richard who fell because of his misunderstanding of the limits of his sovereignty, the demise of Henry was due to his total incapacity to exercise his sovereign power. The inability of the king to deal with the brutal realities of regal life is dramatically displayed in Act 2 Scene 5 where Henry witnesses the agonies of the father who has killed his son and the son who has killed his father, and sadly acknowledges that this civil strife has been caused by the King's ineptitude. The crowning indignity comes in Act 3 Scene 1 where the king in hiding is easily detected and trapped by two rustics who triumphantly prepare to lead him before the man who has deposed him, Edward IV. Henry's death comes at the hands of the brother of Edward, the vicious and rampantly ambitious Richard, who later rises to the heights of supreme tyranny in Richard III. After Henry's son and heir, Edward, is murdered, also by the future Richard III, and Henry's most influential supporter, the Earl of Warwick, dies, the House of Lancaster lies in ruins.<br /><br />Henry VI, Part 3 features the longest soliloquy in all of Shakespeare (3.2.124-195), and has more battle scenes (four on stage, one reported) than any other of Shakespeare's plays. (Summary from Wikipedia with addition by Algy Pug)<br /><br />Cast:<br />Bona: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5549" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ckless1</a><br />Duke of Exeter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/152" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Andy Minter</a><br />Duke of Norfolk: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5617" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kenrg</a><br />Duke of Somerset: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5625" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Readalot</a><br />Earl of Northumberland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5643" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chewbobcca</a><br />Earl of Warwick: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Earl of Westmoreland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Earl of Oxford: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lars Rolander</a><br />Edmund, Earl of Rutland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3698" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nadine Eckert-Boulet</a><br />Father who has killed his son: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />First Keeper: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />First Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />First Watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Lawrence</a><br />George, Duke of Clarence: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3470" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jason Mills</a><br />Henry VI: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br />Huntsman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />King Edward IV: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5659" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dale Burgess</a><br />King Lewis XI of France: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Martin Geeson</a><br />Lieutenant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Lord Rivers: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Lord Clifford: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5664" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aidan Brack</a><br />Lord Hastings: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4267" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ric F</a><br />Marquess of Montague: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3698" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nadine Eckert-Boulet</a><br />Mayor of York: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Nobleman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Post: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5622" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Roseanne Schmidt</a><br />Prince Edward: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5570" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Corinna Schultz</a><br />Queen Elizabeth: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5269" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Barr</a><br />Queen Margaret: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Richard III: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lars Rolander</a><br />Richard Plantagenet: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5141" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Goldfarb</a><br />Second Keeper: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3465" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ravenotation</a><br />Second Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Availle</a><br />Second Watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3698" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nadine Eckert-Boulet</a><br />Sir John Mortimer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny Sayers</a><br />Soldier: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Son who has killed his father: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4744" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amy Gramour</a><br />Third Watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3615" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lucy Perry</a><br />Tutor of Rutland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5077" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sandra G</a><br /><br />Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett and Algy Pug
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