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Ref NoShakespeare/1/9/995/2965
Finding NumberShakespeare S 995 2965
Shakespeare S 995 2951
TitleThe first sketches of the second and third parts of King Henry the Sixth. / Ed. by James Orchard Halliwell.
LevelItem
Date1843
DescriptionGeneral Note: With reproductions of the original title-pages: The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey ... London, Printed by Thomas Creed, for Thomas Millington ... 1594. and The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt, with the whole contention betweene the two Houses Lancaster and Yorke ... Printed at London, by P. S. for Thomas Millington ... 1595.
General Note: The 2 parts form the basis of Shakespeare's Henry VI, pts. 2 and 3. The authorship and their relation to his version are much disputed.
Extent1
AuthorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, ed.
SubjectTag 600: Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 Drama.
Physical Descriptionxl, 224 p. ; 22 cm.
Access StatusOpen
PublisherLondon : Printed for the Shakespeare society,
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