Comparing history plays with history
The purpose of this page is to compare history plays with his events reported in history books.
English history
editExamples of played based on English history include those of William Shakespeare.
King John
editKing Richard II
editKing Henry IV
editKing Henry V
editKing Henry VI
editKing Richard III
editKing Henry VIII
editKing Edward IV
editThomas Heywood wrote two plays on Edward IV, parts 1 and 2.
Mary Stuart
editFriedrich Schiller wrote Mary Stuart.
French history
editSeveral plays in English deal with French history. See French history in the English-speaking theatre.
Joan of Arc
editWilliam 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
editGerman history
editFriedrich Schiller wrote a trilogy on Wallenstein.