EN 3535 Lecture Notes - Tallulah Bankhead, Tetralogy, Main Source
Document Summary
Lecture 4 richard iii part 1 oct 04. First tetralogy: 1589 henry iv, part i (1422-1461), 1590 henry iv, part ii & iii, 1592 richard iii (1483-1485) Second tetralogy: 1595 richard ii (1377-1399, 1596 henry iv, part i (1399-1413, 1596 henry iv, part ii, 1599 henry v (1413-1422) Backdrop to this play is a period of civil war in england (roughly 1455-1487). The war of the roses", named for the emblems used by the warring factions, each with a claim to the english throne. The yorkists represented by a white rose and the lancastrians by a red rose. Henry iv, henry v, and henry vi (married to margaret of anjou) all belonged to. Henry vi"s kinship challenged by richard, duke of york (not shakespeare"s. Edward iv is york"s eldest son; richard, duke of gloucester (later richard iii) is the house of lancaster. Polydore vergil"s anglica historia (ordered by henry vii and published in 1555).
