The Second Part of Henry the Sixth

by William Shakespeare

Contents

ACT I

• SCENE I. London. The palace.
• SCENE II. GLOUCESTER'S house.
• SCENE III. The palace.
• SCENE IV. GLOUCESTER's garden.

ACT II

• SCENE I. Saint Alban's.
• SCENE II. London. YORK'S garden.
• SCENE III. A hall of justice.
• SCENE IV. A street.

ACT III

• SCENE I. The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund's.
• SCENE II. Bury St. Edmund's. A room of state.
• SCENE III. A bedchamber.

ACT IV

• SCENE I. The coast of Kent.
• SCENE II. Blackheath.
• SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath.
• SCENE IV. London. The palace.
• SCENE V. London. The Tower.
• SCENE VI. London. Cannon Street.
• SCENE VII. London. Smithfield.
• SCENE VIII. Southwark.
• SCENE IX. Kenilworth Castle.
• SCENE X. Kent. IDEN's garden.

ACT V

• SCENE I. Fields between Dartford and Blackheath.
• SCENE II. Saint Alban's.
• SCENE III. Fields near St. Alban's.

Main actors

• KING HENRY the Sixth
• HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle.
• CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King.
• RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.
• DUKE OF SOMERSET
• DUKE OF SUFFOLK
• DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
• LORD CLIFFORD
• YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son.
• EARL OF SALISBURY
• EARL OF WARWICK
• LORD SCALES
• LORD SAY
• SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD
• WILLIAM STAFFORD, Sir Humphrey Stafford's brother.
• SIR JOHN STANLEY
• VAUX
• MATTHEW GOFFE
• A Sea-captain, Master, and Master's-Mate.
• WALTER WHITMORE
• Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk.
• BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer.
• THOMAS HORNER, an armourer.
• PETER, Thomas Horner's man.
• Clerk of Chatham.
• Mayor of Saint Alban's.
• SIMPCOX, an impostor.
• ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman.
• JACK CADE, a rebel.
• Two Murderers
• QUEEN MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.
• ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester.
• MARGARET JOURDAIN, a witch.
• Wife to Simpcox
• Lords, Ladies, and Attendants. Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, 'Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c.
• A Spirit.

priests.

• JOHN HUME
• JOHN SOUTHWELL

followers of Cade.

• GEORGE BEVIS
• JOHN HOLLAND
• DICK the butcher
• SMITH the weaver
• MICHAEL
• &c.

his sons

• EDWARD
• RICHARD

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Friday 3 September 2010