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''Henry VI, Part 3'' (often written as ''3 Henry VI'') is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas ''1 Henry VI'' deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and ''2 Henry VI'' focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed conflict, ''3 Henry VI'' deals primarily with the horrors of that conflict, with the once ordered nation thrown into chaos and barbarism as families break down and moral codes are subverted in the pursuit of revenge and power. Although the ''Henry VI'' trilogy may not have been written in chronological order, the three plays are often grouped together with ''Richard III'' to form a tetralogy covering the entire Wars of the Roses saga, from the death of Henry V in 1422 to the rise to power of Henry VII in 1485. It was the success of this sequence of plays which firmly established Shakespeare's reputation as a playwright. ''Henry VI, Part 3'' features the longest soliloquy in all of Shakespeare (3.2.124–195), and has more battle scenes (four on stage, one reported) than any other of Shakespeare's plays. ==Characters== ''Of the King's Party'' * King Henry VI – King of England * Queen Margaret – Queen to Henry VI * Edward, Prince of Wales – their son * Lord Clifford – military commander * Duke of Exeter * Duke of Somerset (a conflation of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, his younger brother) * Earl of Northumberland * Earl of Westmorland * Earl of Oxford * Henry, Earl of Richmond (non-speaking role) * Somerville – messenger ''Of the Duke of York's Party'' * Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York – asserts he should be King * Edward Plantagenet, Earl of March – later King Edward IV; York's eldest son * George Plantagenet – later Duke of Clarence; York's son * Richard Plantagenet – later Duke of Gloucester; York's son * Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland – York's youngest son * Robert Aspell, Rutland's tutor * Earl of Warwick * Duke of Norfolk * Montague (two different 'versions' of the character appear in the play, each one representing a different historical figure. The Act 1 persona is that of the Earl of Salisbury, Warwick's father, and a major character in ''2 Henry VI''. From Act 2 onwards, the character represents Salisbury's son and Warwick's younger brother John Neville, Marquis of Montague) * Earl of Pembroke (non-speaking role) * Lord Stafford (non-speaking role) * Lord Hastings * Sir William Stanley * Sir John Mortimer – York's uncle * Sir Hugh Mortimer – York's uncle (non-speaking role) * Sir John Montgomery * Lady Grey – later Queen Elizabeth to Edward IV * Lord Rivers – her brother * Prince Edward – Elizabeth and Edward IV's son (non-speaking role) ''The French'' * King Louis XI of France * Lady Bona of Savoy – Louis' sister-in-law * Lord Bourbon – Admiral of France (non-speaking role) ''Others'' * Thomas of Beverley, Mayor of York * Two Alderman of York (non-speaking roles) * John Brett, Mayor of Coventry (non-speaking role) * Lieutenant of the Tower (a conflation of John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester and John Sutton, 6th Baron Dudley) * Son that kills his father * Father that kills his son * Nurse (non-speaking role) * Nobleman * Two gamekeepers〔In the ''First Folio'' text, these two characters are called Sinklo and Humfrey; thought to refer to the actors John Sinklo and Humphrey Jeffes. In the octavo text, they are simply referred to as Keepers〕 * Three Watchmen * Huntsman * Soldiers, messengers, drummers, attendants, etc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry VI, Part 3」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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