Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE Preface
- ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
- THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI
- Notes to The First Part of King Henry VI
- THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI
- Notes to The Second Part of King Henry VI
- THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY VI
- Notes to The Third Part of King Henry VI
- THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION, &c.
- Notes to The First Part of the Contention, &c.
- THE TRUE TRAGEDIE OF RICHARD DUKE OF YORKE, AND THE GOOD KING HENRY THE SIXT
- Notes to The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke
- KING RICHARD III
- Notes to King Richard III
THE Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE Preface
- ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
- THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI
- Notes to The First Part of King Henry VI
- THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI
- Notes to The Second Part of King Henry VI
- THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY VI
- Notes to The Third Part of King Henry VI
- THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION, &c.
- Notes to The First Part of the Contention, &c.
- THE TRUE TRAGEDIE OF RICHARD DUKE OF YORKE, AND THE GOOD KING HENRY THE SIXT
- Notes to The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke
- KING RICHARD III
- Notes to King Richard III
Summary
The First Part of King Henry the Sixth was printed for the first time, so far as we know, in the Folio of 1623. The same edition contained also for the first time in their present form, ‘The second Part of King Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Good Duke Humfrey,’ and ‘The third Part of King Henry the Sixth, with the death of the Duke of Yorke.’
The play upon which the Second part of Henry the Sixth was founded was first printed in quarto (QI), in 1594, with the following title:
The | First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke | and Lancaster, with the death of the good | Duke Humphrey: | And the banishment and death of the Duke of | Suffolke, and the Tragicall end of the proud Cardinall | of Winchester, with the notable Rebellion | of Iacke Cade: | And the Duke of Yorkes first claime vnto the | Crowne. | LONDON | Printed by Thomas Creed, for Thomas Millington, | and are to be sold at his shop vnder Saint Peters | Church in Cornwall. | 1594. |
The only copy known of this edition is in the Bodleian Library (Malone, Add. 870), and is probably the same which was once in Malone's possession, and which he collated with the second Quarto printed in 1600.
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- The Cambridge Shakespeare , pp. vii - xixPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1863