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The Wars of the Roses open with the Battle of Saint Albans; York's forces defeat King Henry's.
Act 5, Scene 2| Scene | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Scene 1 | The play begins at the palace in London, where Henry is formally welcoming his bride Queen Margaret, to England. He is a... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 2 | Back at the Gloucester residence, the Duchess of Gloucester (Eleanor, or "Nell" to her friends) asks her husband why he ... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 3 | The scene returns to the palace in London. A group of petitioners are waiting for Gloucester so they can present their r... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 4 | In the garden of the Gloucester residence, the witch Marjery Jourdain and the conjurer Bolingbroke are preparing a ritua... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 1 | Meanwhile at Saint Albans, King Henry and Queen Margaret are enjoying a short vacation. They have just returned from a h... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 2 | At his house in London, York has just finished dining with the earls of Salisbury and Warwick. He requests their opinion... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 3 | King Henry and his retinue have returned to London and are now presiding over the trial of the duchess and her co-conspi... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 4 | On a street in London, Gloucester and his attendants await the duchess, who has endured three days of penance prior to h... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 1 | King Henry has convened a parliament at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. He enters with Queen Margaret at his side; Suffolk,... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 2 | At Bury St. Edmunds, the parliament is still underway. Two murderers rush onstage and, meeting with Suffolk, inform him ... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 3 | King Henry enters the Cardinal's bedchamber, accompanied by Salisbury and Warwick. The Cardinal is distraught and does n... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 1 | Off the coast of Kent, Suffolk and some English gentlemen have been captured by pirates while attempting to sail for Fra... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 2 | On Blackheath a field southeast of London, a Kentish ex-soldier named Jack Cade is amassing rebels against the Crown. Tw... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 3 | The scene shifts to another part of Blackheath. A battle ensues between the Staffords' army and Jack Cade's followers, w... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 4 | Now that the rebels have won their first major battle, things are looking pretty grim at the palace in London. King Henr... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 5 | Lord Scales, another of the king's supporters, is standing atop the Tower of London and directing the defense of the cit... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 6 | Jack Cade and his rebels have arrived in Cannon Street, the site of the famous London Stone. Cade strikes the stone with... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 7 | Jack Cade and company continue their march through London, pillaging and burning as they go. Intoxicated by his victorie... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 8 | Jack Cade continues to lead the march through London, urging his men to slaughter all who oppose them. Lord Clifford ent... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 9 | Meanwhile at Killingworth (i.e., Kenilworth) Castle, King Henry is reflecting on the evils of kingship. "Was never subje... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 10 | Jack Cade has fled back to his home county of Kent, but things are not going so well for the former rebel leader. The bo... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 1 | Buckingham meets York in a field southeast of London and demands to know why he has raised an army against King Henry. Y... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 2 | The battle between Yorkists and Lancastrians has begun. In the town of Saint Albans, York kills Clifford in single comba... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 3 | The Yorkists have won the Battle of Saint Albans and are now regrouping after the fight. First onstage are York, his son... Read More |
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