Comparing history plays with history
The purpose of this page is to compare history plays with his events reported in history books.
English history edit
Examples of played based on English history include those of William Shakespeare.
King John edit
King Richard II edit
King Henry IV edit
King Henry V edit
King Henry VI edit
King Richard III edit
King Henry VIII edit
King Edward IV edit
Thomas Heywood wrote two plays on Edward IV, parts 1 and 2.
Mary Stuart edit
Friedrich Schiller wrote Mary Stuart.
French history edit
Several plays in English deal with French history. See French history in the English-speaking theatre.
Joan of Arc edit
William Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 1 concerns part of the story of Joan of Arc (1412–1431). The 19th centory drmatist Tom Taylor wrote Jeanne d'Arc (1871) based on her life, as did 20th century authors Percy MacKaye with Jeanne d'Arc (1906) and George Bernard Shaw with Saint Joan (1923).
Napoleon edit
German history edit
Friedrich Schiller wrote a trilogy on Wallenstein.