King Henry VI, Part 3 by William ShakespeareMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
The stabbings and double-crosses become a bit exhausting by the end. The wheel of fortune revolves several times before the virtuous but ineffectual Henry VI falls and the demonically ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester commits to murdering his way to the crown. It’s a balancing of opposites that Shakespeare will refine in his later histories. This one is full of spectacular battles and magical omens, but the characters are flat and the language largely unmemorable.
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