A Kingdom for a Stage: The Achievement of Shakespeare's History Plays

accept accused action Agincourt allows ambition appears artistic audience authority battle becomes begins believe blood Bolingbroke Buckingham cause characters Chronicles civil claim critics crown death describes doubt dramatic Edward Elizabethan enemies England English explain fact fall Falstaff father fear followers France French Gloucester Hal's Hall hand Harry Harry's head heart Henry VIII Henry's History Plays Holinshed honor Hotspur human imagine innocent issue John's King John less lines lives look majesty Margaret mind moral motives murder nature never once opening past peace Percies plot political prince prove reason rebellion rebels Reign responsibility Richard Richard II role royal rule scene seems sense Shakespeare Shrewsbury soliloquy speaks speeches stage subjects Suffolk suggests tavern tetralogy thought throne tragedy true truth Tudor turn victory York York's