1. Shakespeare’s Histories
Ingrid Kauler,
11B
Shakespeare’s Histories

2. Shakespeare’s histories
First Folio
Ten plays based on the lives of English kings
From John to Henry VIII
English history plays
Plays that depict older historical figures such as Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Julius Caesar, and the legendary King Lear were not included

3. Sources Primary source was Holinshed's Chronicles (1587)
The anonymous history play The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (1598)
Hall's The Union of the Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and York (1542).

4. Shakespeare’s histories
King Henry IV Part first performed. It was first printed in 1598
King Henry IV Part first performance. It was first printed in 1600
King Henry V first performed. It was first printed in 1600
King Henry VI Part March 3 produced. It was first printed in 1594
King Henry VI Part first performed. It was first printed in 1594
King Henry VI Part first performed. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio)
King Henry VIII first performance. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio)
King John first performed. It was first printed in 1623 (First Folio)
Richard II February 7 First Recorded production. It was first printed in 1597
Richard III first recorded performance. It was first printed in 1597

5. Chronological order King John Richard II Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
Henry V
Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3
Richard III
Henry VIII

6. Shakespeare’s histories
Thomas Stothard's illustration of
the death of Prince Edward (1824)

7. Shakespeare’s histories
English actor David Garrick as Richard III
Henry VI
Scene in the Temple Garden by John Pettie

8. Importance Tudor propaganda
Show the dangers of civil war and celebrate the founders of the Tudor dynasty
Richard III, the last member of the rival house of York is described as an evil monster
"that bottled spider, that foul hunchback'd toad”
Biased criticism of their own country
Wars of the Roses

9. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_history

10. Thank you!