Aug 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Henry VI, Part II
Monday, August 21, 2023, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
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With the weak Henry VI still on the throne, England struggles to hold together. Jack Cade's rebellion threatens stability from below and machinations among the nobles threaten from above, and the play closes with the opening of Wars of the Roses. We might think about how national identity is both created and threatened in moments of conflict, and will surely consider questions about the nature of kingship and what happens when power lands in the hands of those ill suited to bear it.
Readings: Henry VI, Part II
One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare's Plays
- April 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Romeo and Juliet
- May 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Coriolanus
- June 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- July 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Henry VI, Part I
- Aug 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Henry VI, Part II
- Sep 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Henry VI, Part III
- Oct 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare’s Plays - Macbeth
- Nov 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare Plays - The Comedy of Errors
- Dec 2023: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare Plays - Venus and Adonis
- Jan 2024: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare Plays - Twelfth-Night: or, What You Will
- Feb 2024: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare Plays - The Merchant of Venice
- Mar 2024: One Fell Swoop: Reading All of Shakespeare Plays - Julius Caesar