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Intrigue is afoot throughout realm: `Henry VI' is a triumph of treachery.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts & Entertainment)(Theater)
From: The Washington Times
Date: 19960925
Author:Pressley, Nelson
"Henry V" stars William Shakespeare's greatest hero, the king who galvanizes England with rousing speeches and miraculous underdog victories in France. "Richard III" features Shakespeare's most popular villain, the darkly witty, murderous hunchback who hacks his way to the throne.
The connective tissue between these two kings and plays is in the three-part "Henry VI." The trilogy is rarely performed; the poetry in these plays, probably the first that Shakespeare wrote, isn't especially powerful, and the text is crammed with repetitive threats and recitations of lineage. ...
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