Shakespeare for White Trash -23- Henry VI-part2 PDF
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Canadian author Crad Kilodney created the “Shakespeare For White Trash” series to make Shakespeare understandable and enjoyable to the many millions of people living now who have little or no knowledge of Shakespeare, and to prove to them that the stories contained in Shakespeare's plays are superb. The plots and characters are unchanged, but everything else has been radically restyled. Read Crad's versions and you will become a Shakespeare fan. Enjoy!
Kilodney originally posted his versions on Wordpress.com from 2010 to shortly before his death in 2014. It was the first time that all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays had been rewritten by one author and published in one place. They are re-packaged here to increase the likelyhood of people, like you, finding them.
Mr. Kilodney hoped acting companies would be encouraged to stage these plays more often.
Gist of the story: These events take place from 1445 (marriage of Henry and Margaret) to 1455 (first
Battle of Saint Albans). King Henry’s court is beset with disunity. Gloucester is horrified to learn that
the deal that brought Margaret to England as Henry’s Queen involves returning lands to the French
previously won by Henry V. Winchester, Somerset, Suffolk, and Buckingham are out to get Gloucester,
who is the King’s Protector and the one who really runs things. Gloucester’s wife is accused of
witchcraft and exiled. Gloucester is accused of various bogus offenses and then murdered. With
Gloucester gone, this court is in big trouble, because Henry is a weak king. Richard, Duke of York,4
gets Salisbury and Warwick on his side, because he intends to claim the throne. York is sent to Ireland
to suppress rebels, but before he goes, he arranges with Jack Cade to stir up a rebellion against the
King. The rebellion is suppressed, but York sees that there is considerable discontent with Henry. York
returns with his army, plus the Irish, and claims the throne. The Wars of the Roses have now broken
out for real. The Yorks defeat the Lancasters at Saint Albans, and as the play ends, the Lancasters are
retreating to London.
(Once again, the reader is cautioned that Shakespeare takes a lot of liberties with historical details for
the sake of the story line. The Yale Shakespeare edition of 1923 has excellent notes on the history. I
have added an Epilogue because the ending needed help. This is the first modernized version of Henry
VI, Part Two ever published.)
Kilodney originally posted his versions on Wordpress.com from 2010 to shortly before his death in 2014. It was the first time that all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays had been rewritten by one author and published in one place. They are re-packaged here to increase the likelyhood of people, like you, finding them.
Mr. Kilodney hoped acting companies would be encouraged to stage these plays more often.
Gist of the story: These events take place from 1445 (marriage of Henry and Margaret) to 1455 (first
Battle of Saint Albans). King Henry’s court is beset with disunity. Gloucester is horrified to learn that
the deal that brought Margaret to England as Henry’s Queen involves returning lands to the French
previously won by Henry V. Winchester, Somerset, Suffolk, and Buckingham are out to get Gloucester,
who is the King’s Protector and the one who really runs things. Gloucester’s wife is accused of
witchcraft and exiled. Gloucester is accused of various bogus offenses and then murdered. With
Gloucester gone, this court is in big trouble, because Henry is a weak king. Richard, Duke of York,4
gets Salisbury and Warwick on his side, because he intends to claim the throne. York is sent to Ireland
to suppress rebels, but before he goes, he arranges with Jack Cade to stir up a rebellion against the
King. The rebellion is suppressed, but York sees that there is considerable discontent with Henry. York
returns with his army, plus the Irish, and claims the throne. The Wars of the Roses have now broken
out for real. The Yorks defeat the Lancasters at Saint Albans, and as the play ends, the Lancasters are
retreating to London.
(Once again, the reader is cautioned that Shakespeare takes a lot of liberties with historical details for
the sake of the story line. The Yale Shakespeare edition of 1923 has excellent notes on the history. I
have added an Epilogue because the ending needed help. This is the first modernized version of Henry
VI, Part Two ever published.)
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