![]() ![]() A young fighter, about to rob the corpse of the man he has just slain, discovers his own father an older combatant, similarly about to loot a body, discovers he has killed his son. Battle rages, violent and bloody suddenly, a moment of calm: Henry, watching the to-and-fro of the fighting, sits alone on a molehill and compares the “sweet”, “secure” life of a shepherd to that of a king, burdened with “care, mistrust and treason” (Mark Quartley’s king swithers between feyness and foolishness). ![]() A pivotal scene, hardly more than a sketch, midway through the play, drives this point home. Then, as now, whichever faction gains temporary victory, the conclusion for ordinary people remains the same: death and desolation. In the final section of Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy, advantage seesaws from side to power-and-riches-grabbing side. O pposing leaders, each asserting the legitimacy of their claim to power, sling insults and threats, unleash war. ![]()
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