FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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King Lear
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Henry VI
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The Tempest
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Romeo and Juliet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Henry VI, Part 1 is the first in a sequence of four history plays (the others being Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3, and Richard III) known collectively as the “first tetralogy, ” treating the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.
Detailed explanation-2: -His earliest play is probably one of the three parts of King Henry VI (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), written between 1589–1591.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Henry and his lords arrive in France and reward Talbot by naming him Earl of Shrewsbury. While in Paris, Henry is crowned King of France (in opposition to Charles). Talbot is sent to fight Burgundy. The King attempts to calm further arguments between York and Somerset before he returns to England.
Detailed explanation-4: -Henry VI, Part 1, often referred to as 1 Henry VI, is a history play by William Shakespeare-possibly in collaboration with Thomas Kyd and Thomas Nashe or Christopher Marlowe-believed to have been written in 1591. It is set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England.
Detailed explanation-5: -Henry’s one lasting achievement was his fostering of education: he founded Eton College, King’s College, Cambridge and All Souls College, Oxford.