HENRY VI PART III (Shake-Scene Theatre Company)*****

 

By Megan

Link: https://www.patreon.com/shakesceneshakespeare

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The acting in Shake-Scene productions is always brilliant. The plots are really clear (though there are probably things I will understand better when I get older) and the actors perform with lots of enthusiasm. They are also the only company who uses cue scripts like Shakespeare did which gives them a real individuality. If you are interested in cue scripts you should definitely watch these plays. It is really interesting and cue scripts really do work.

HENRY VI PART II (Shake-Scene Shakespeare Theatre Company)*****

 

By Megan

Link: https://www.patreon.com/shakesceneshakespeare

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Henry VI Part II is believed to be Shakespeare’s first history play. It’s not King John, which is the earliest historically. It’s not Henry VI Part I, which you’d expect to come before Part II. It was Henry VI Part II (though it probably wasn’t called Part II at the time). Well, it was probably the first. It’s difficult to be completely sure with Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare might actually have liked it that way. I think he liked to keep people guessing.

HENRY VI PART I (Shake-Scene Shakespeare Theatre Company)*****

 

By Megan

Link: https://www.patreon.com/shakesceneshakespeare

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Half-term is traditionally a time when children have fun and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to watch the three parts of Shakespeare’s Henry VI over five days. It sounds quite a lot because even the shortest one (this one) is nearly four hours long but it’s by Shakespeare and it’s presented by Shake-Scene Shakespeare Theatre Company so I knew it was going to be really good.

HENRY VI PART III (International Actors Ensemble/Alex Theatre/Circle in the Sand)*****

 

By Cal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIl4Chm_OKQ 

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The final part of the Henry VI trilogy is a triumph not just for the winner of the final battle but for the International Actors Ensemble, Circle in the Sand, the Alex Theatre and everyone else involved in this great series of productions.

And it isn’t over yet. Richard III is still to come and judging from the cast list, it’s going to be great.

HENRY VI PART II (International Actors Ensemble/Alex Theatre)*****

 

By Cal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZ5AKrieXQ

Available until: Unknown

The International Actors Ensemble continue their Henry VI series with a really incredible production of the second part. This play is seen by many as the best of the three and it’s believed to be the first Shakespeare wrote. It shows a slightly older Henry, trying to keep control of his kingdom as almost everyone he knows seems to be against him.