Monthly Archives: January 2012

Back from vacation — here’s the revised posting schedule for this week: Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, Richard III, Act One Thursday night/Friday morning, Richard III, Act Two Then back to regular schedule…    

Richard III An Introduction by Dennis Abrams (with a little help from Jeanne Badman) No more waiting, let’s begin King Richard the Third,  Here is a brief paragraph from the Introduction by Robert Maslen from the 1994 HarperCollins edition of … Continue reading →

Sonnet 53 by Dennis Abrams (with a little help from Jeanne Badman) ******** What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since every one hath, every one, one shade, And you, but … Continue reading →

Henry VI, Part Three Act Five By Dennis Abrams (with a little help from Jeanne Badman) ******** King Edward and Richard of Gloucester confront Warwick at Coventry. Warwick is reinforced by Oxford, Somerset, Montague and Clarence. Richard has a brief … Continue reading →

  Henry VI, Part Three Act Four by Dennis Abrams (with a little help from Jeanne Badman) King Edward’s brothers disapprove of his marriage to Lady Grey. Clarence, seeking a better position for himself, departs with Somerset to support Warwick … Continue reading →

Henry VI, Act Three by Dennis Abrams (with a little help from Jeanne Badman) The deposed King Henry is abducted in Scotland and taken to London as prisoner of King Edward.  The widow Lady Grey attends the court to request … Continue reading →

Henry VI Part III Act Two By Dennis Abrams ———————— Act Two:  Despite his father’s death, Edward Plantagenet is proclaimed the rightful king.  In the royal camp, Henry knights his own son, but declines to fight.  When Edward appears and … Continue reading →

Henry VI, Part Three Act One By Dennis Abrams —————– Act One:  (The action continues fairly directly from Henry VI Part II)  After their victory at the Battle of St. Albans, the Yorkists force King Henry (who doesn’t take much … Continue reading →

King Henry VI, Part Three An Introduction By Dennis Abrams If ever there was a play that provided evidence of what critic Jan Kott called the “constant procession of kings” in Shakespeare’s histories, it’s Henry VI, Part III.  The action, … Continue reading →