Comparing history plays with history

The purpose of this page is to compare history plays with his events reported in history books.

English history

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Examples of played based on English history include those of William Shakespeare.

King John

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King Richard II

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King Henry IV

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King Henry V

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King Henry VI

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King Richard III

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King Henry VIII

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King Edward IV

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Thomas Heywood wrote two plays on Edward IV, parts 1 and 2.

Mary Stuart

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Friedrich Schiller wrote Mary Stuart.

French history

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Several plays in English deal with French history. See French history in the English-speaking theatre.

Joan of Arc

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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

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German history

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Friedrich Schiller wrote a trilogy on Wallenstein.

Mary Stuart

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Spanish history

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Italian history

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