Shakespeare's History Plays

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Summary: Great plays as well as wonderful history lessons.
Review: This genre of Shakespeare's was probably my least well-known until I got this volume with all the histories in it. I had read a couple of them, but when I got the book, I read the rest. Shakespeare's history plays are wonderful history lessons, and even when they were written in Elizabethan England, the general public appreciated them for the history lessons that each taught. Not only that, but each of them told a really good story, so they enjoyed that as well. Each of these plays have large casts in them, so they must have been something to play in the old theatre. Shakespeare wrote ten history plays. Some of them are more well-known than others of course, but each has a wonderful historical story to tell. I will review three of my favourites separately. The ones that I will review are "The Tragedy of King Richard III", "The Life of King Henry the Fifth" and "The First and Second Part of King Henry the Fourth". King Henry IV was written in two parts. King Henry VI was written in three parts. Each of these plays is wonderful in their own right, and should be enjoyed by anyone who likes Shakespeare's comedies or tragedies.