Henry the Sixth, Part One

Henry the Sixth, Part One helped make Shakespeare's name as a writer of English history plays for the London stage. One of Shakespeare's jealous contemporaries complained that “ten thousand spectators at least (at several times)” shed tears when its hero, Lord Talbot, died.

Professor Jennifer Roberts-Smith's production recovers the original raucous energy of the play, as some of Shakespeare’s most colourful characters - including Joan of Arc - ignite the English civil Wars of the Roses.

Read the full story about this production: 32 years of bloodied British history on stage