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Prior to the beginning of the play, Henry V of England dies.
Act 1, Scene 1| Scene | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Scene 1 | The play begins at Westminster Abbey, where the funeral of the late Henry V is being held. The dukes of Bedford, Glouces... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 2 | The scene shifts to a field in France, outside the city of Orléans (which Shakespeare generally spells "Orleance"). Char... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 3 | The Duke of Gloucester arrives at the Tower of London to survey the weapons and ammunition stored there; he wants to che... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 4 | Back in Orléans the French are still under siege by the English. The master gunner (the officer responsible for the Orlé... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 5 | As the English flee Orléans, Talbot encounters Joan la Pucelle in single combat. He is startled to find he cannot defeat... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 6 | The siege of Orléans has been lifted. Joan la Pucelle now stands on the walls of the recaptured city, alongside Charles ... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 1 | The French have posted a guard on the walls of Orléans, but Talbot has a plan to circumvent their watch. Using a ladder,... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 2 | As dawn breaks, Talbot, Bedford, and Burgundy sound a retreat, having retaken Orléans from the French. In the town squar... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 3 | The setting shifts to the castle of the Countess of Auvergne, who is awaiting Talbot's arrival. She gives a cryptic inst... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 4 | This scene, one of the best-known in Shakespeare, takes place in London's Old Temple Gardens. Richard Plantagenet, a dis... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 5 | Galled by his treatment in the Temple Gardens, Richard Plantagenet goes to the Tower of London to visit his aged uncle E... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 1 | This scene takes place at the court of King Henry VI. He enters the stage with a retinue of high-ranking English nobleme... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 2 | Meanwhile in France, Joan la Pucelle and her soldiers are attempting to gain entrance to the English-occupied city of Ro... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 3 | Outside of Roan (Rouen), Joan la Pucelle and the other French leaders (Charles the Dauphin, the Bastard of Orleance, and... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 4 | King Henry has arrived in France and is now holding court at Paris, with most of his high-ranking noblemen—Gloucester, W... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 1 | King Henry is crowned at Paris in the presence of a large retinue of English noblemen: Gloucester, Talbot, Exeter, York,... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 2 | Talbot arrives at the gates of Bordeaux with a retinue of English soldiers. He demands the city give up its resistance a... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 3 | The action moves to the fields in Gascony, the southwestern French region surrounding Bordeaux. York learns from a messe... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 4 | The scene shifts to Somerset's camp, which (like York's in Act 4, Scene 3) is situated in Gascony, near Bordeaux. Speaki... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 5 | The action returns to Bordeaux for this and the two following scenes. Talbot, now joined by his young son John Talbot, h... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 6 | Still on the battlefield near Bordeaux, Talbot exhorts his soldiers to keep fighting despite their apparent abandonment ... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 7 | The English have continued to lose ground at Bordeaux. Talbot, injured, is led onstage by a servant. He is searching des... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 1 | King Henry has returned to London and is now holding court with his advisers Gloucester and Exeter. The first order of b... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 2 | Charles the Dauphin and Joan la Pucelle are crossing the plains of Anjou, accompanied by Burgundy, Alanson, Reignier, an... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 3 | Joan la Pucelle enters and declares that the Duke of York (alias Richard Plantagenet) has routed the last of the French ... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 4 | York and Warwick are bringing Joan la Pucelle to the stake under armed guard. A French shepherd who claims to be Joan's ... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 5 | King Henry enters with Suffolk, Gloucester, and Exeter. He has heard all about Margaret from Suffolk and is now desperat... Read More |
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