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The First Part of King Henry the Sixth

By William Shakespeare

  • editors: Craig A. Berry, Martin Mueller, and Clifford Wulfman
  • technical editors: Jeffrey Cousens and Bill Parod
  • editorial assistants: Lawrence Berland, Hilary Bina, Katherine Gould, Kreg Segal, Nicholas Terrell

The WordHoard Shakespeare is a joint project of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, The Northwestern University Library, and Northwestern University Academic Technologies. It is derived from The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare , edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright (1891-3). The Internet Shakespeare editions of the quartos and folios have been consulted to create a modern text that observes as closely as possible the morphological and prosodic practices of the earliest editions. Spellings, especially of contracted and hyphenated forms, have been standardized across the corpus. The text has been fully lemmatized and morphosyntactically tagged.

© 2003. The copyright to The WordHoard Shakespeare is owned jointly by Northwestern University and Tufts University. The WordHoard Shakespeare is provided for free solely for non-commercial use by students, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication of it, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holders is strictly prohibited.

The Wordhoard Shakespeare is derived from, but not identical with, The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1891-3) edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright.

  • Act 1

    • Act 1, Scene 1

      Dead March.

      Speakers: Bedford, Exeter, Gloucester, Messenger, Second Messenger, Third Messenger, Winchester

    • Act 1, Scene 2

      Sound a flourish.

      Speakers: Alencon, Bastard, Charles, Pucelle, Reigner

    • Act 1, Scene 3

      London. Before the Tower.

      Speakers: First Servant, First Warder, Gloucester, Mayor of London, Officers, Second Warder, Servant, Winchester, Woodvile

    • Act 1, Scene 4

      Enter, on the walls, a Master Gunner and his Boy.

      Speakers: Gargrave, Glansdale, Master-Gunner of Orleans, Messenger, Salisbury, Son, Talbot

    • Act 1, Scene 5

      Here an alarum again; and TALBOT pursueth the DAUPHIN, and driveth him:

      Speakers: Pucelle, Talbot

    • Act 1, Scene 6

      Enter, on the walls, LA PUCELLE, CHARLES, REIGNIER, ALENCON, and Soldiers,

      Speakers: Alencon, Charles, Pucelle, Reigner

  • Act 2

    • Act 2, Scene 1

      Speakers: Alencon, Bastard, Bedford, Burgundy, Charles, First Sentinel, Pucelle, Reigner, Sentinel, Sergeant, Soldier, Talbot

    • Act 2, Scene 2

      Speakers: Bedford, Burgundy, Captain, Messenger, Talbot

    • Act 2, Scene 3

      Speakers: Countess, Messenger, Porter, Talbot

    • Act 2, Scene 4

      Speakers: A Lawyer, Plantagenet, Somerset, Suffolk, Vernon, Warwick, York

    • Act 2, Scene 5

      Speakers: First Gaoler, Mortimer, Plantagenet

  • Act 3

    • Act 3, Scene 1

      Flourish. Enter KING, EXETER, GLOUCESTER, WARWICK, SOMERSET, and SUFFOLK; the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, and others. GLOUCESTER offers to put up a bill; WINCHESTER snatches it, and tears it.

      Speakers: All, Exeter, First Servant, Gloucester, King Henry, Mayor of London, Plantagenet, Second Servant, Somerset, Third Servant, Warwick, Winchester

    • Act 3, Scene 2

      Speakers: Alencon, Bastard, Bedford, Burgundy, Captain, Charles, Falstaff, First Soldier, Pucelle, Reigner, Talbot, Watch

    • Act 3, Scene 3

      Speakers: Alencon, Bastard, Burgundy, Charles, Pucelle

    • Act 3, Scene 4

      Speakers: Basset, Gloucester, King Henry, Talbot, Vernon

  • Act 4

    • Act 4, Scene 1

      Speakers: Basset, Exeter, Falstaff, Gloucester, King Henry, Somerset, Talbot, Vernon, Warwick, Winchester, York

    • Act 4, Scene 2

      Speakers: General, Talbot

    • Act 4, Scene 3

      Speakers: Lucy, Messenger, York

    • Act 4, Scene 4

      Speakers: Captain, Lucy, Somerset

    • Act 4, Scene 5

      Enter TALBOT and JOHN, his son.

      Speakers: John Talbot, Talbot

    • Act 4, Scene 6

      Alarum: excursions, wherein TALBOT'S Son is hemmed about, and TALBOT rescues him.

      Speakers: John Talbot, Talbot

    • Act 4, Scene 7

      Alarum: excursions. Enter old TALBOT led by a Servant.

      Speakers: Bastard, Burgundy, Charles, Lucy, Pucelle, Servant, Talbot

  • Act 5

    • Act 5, Scene 1

      Sennet. Enter KING, GLOUCESTER, and EXETER.

      Speakers: Exeter, Gloucester, King Henry, Legate, Winchester

    • Act 5, Scene 2

      Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENCON, BASTARD, REIGNIER, LA PUCELLE and forces.

      Speakers: Alencon, Burgundy, Charles, Pucelle, Scout

    • Act 5, Scene 3

      Alarum. Excursions. Enter LA PUCELLE.

      Speakers: Margaret, Pucelle, Reigner, Suffolk, York

    • Act 5, Scene 4

      Enter YORK, WARWICK, and others.

      Speakers: Alencon, Cardinal, Charles, Pucelle, Reigner, Shepherd, Warwick, York

    • Act 5, Scene 5

      Enter SUFFOLK in conference with the KING, GLOUCESTER and EXETER.

      Speakers: Exeter, Gloucester, King Henry, Suffolk