The Life and Death of King John

by William Shakespeare

Contents

ACT I

• SCENE I. KING JOHN'S palace.

ACT II

• SCENE I. France. Before Angiers.

ACT III

• SCENE I. The French King's pavilion.
• SCENE II. The same. Plains near Angiers.
• SCENE III. The same.
• SCENE IV. The same. KING PHILIP'S tent.

ACT IV

• SCENE I. A room in a castle.
• SCENE II. KING JOHN'S palace.
• SCENE III. Before the castle.

ACT V

• SCENE I. KING JOHN'S palace.
• SCENE II. LEWIS's camp at St. Edmundsbury.
• SCENE III. The field of battle.
• SCENE IV. Another part of the field.
• SCENE V. The French camp.
• SCENE VI. An open place in the neighbourhood of Swinstead Abbey.
• SCENE VII. The orchard in Swinstead Abbey.

Main actors

• KING JOHN
• PRINCE HENRY, son to the king.
• ARTHUR, Duke of Bretagne, nephew to the king.
• The Earl of PEMBROKE
• The Earl of ESSEX
• The Earl of SALISBURY
• The Lord BIGOT
• HUBERT DE BURGH
• ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE, Son to Sir Robert Faulconbridge.
• PHILIP the BASTARD, his half-brother.
• JAMES GURNEY, servant to Lady Faulconbridge.
• PETER Of Pomfret, a prophet.
• PHILIP, King of France.
• LEWIS, the Dauphin.
• LYMOGES, Duke of AUSTRIA.
• CARDINAL PANDULPH, the Pope's legate.
• MELUN, a French Lord.
• CHATILLON, ambassador from France to King John.
• QUEEN ELINOR, mother to King John.
• CONSTANCE, mother to Arthur.
• BLANCH of Spain, niece to King John.
• LADY FAULCONBRIDGE
• Lords, Citizens of Angiers, Sheriff, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants.

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