common to them-except in the case of Marlowe, who may not yet have reached the full development of his powers, while Greene's imitative capacity seems in the present connexion more noticeable than his special nuances of manner-are likely to have taken part in the work of composition; and at an earlier or later date the hand of a revisor-whose name was afterwards deliberately associated with the play, and some of whose characteristics as a dramatist we are inclined to fancy unmistakeable-retouched, perhaps supplemented, the work as a whole. Why should we desire to go further? A. W. WARD. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ1 KING HENRY the Sixth. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, uncle to the King, and Protector. DUKE OF BEDFORD, uncle to the King, and Regent of France. THOMAS BEAUFORT, Duke of Exeter, great-uncle to the King. HENRY BEAUFORT, great-uncle to the King, Bishop of Winchester, and afterwards Cardinal. JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl, afterwards Duke, of Somerset. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, son of Richard late Earl of Cambridge, afterwards Duke of York. EARL OF WARWICK. EARL OF SALISBURY. EARL OF SUFFOLK. LORD TALBOT, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury. JOHN TALBOTт, his son. EDMUND MORTIMER, Earl of March. SIR JOHN FASTOLFE. SIR WILLIAM LUCY. SIR WILLIAM GLANSDALE. SIR THOMAS GARGRAVE. Mayor of London. WOODVILE, Lieutenant of the Tower. VERNON, of the White-Rose or York faction. BASSET, of the Red-Rose or Lancaster faction. A Lawyer. Mortimer's Keepers. CHARLES, Dauphin, and afterwards King, of France. DUKE OF BURGUNDY. DUKE OF ALENÇON. BASTARD OF ORLEANS. Governor of Paris. Master-Gunner of Orleans, and his Son. General of the French forces in Bourdeaux. A French Sergeant. A Porter. An old Shepherd, father to Joan la Pucelle. MARGARET, daughter to Reignier, afterwards married to King Henry. COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE. JOAN LA PUCELLE, commonly called Joan of Arc. Lords, Warders of the Tower, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Fiends appearing to La Pucelle. SCENE: Partly in England, and partly in France. This play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. It is there divided into Acts, but Act IV is alone divided into separate Scenes. No list of "dramatis persona" is given, nor is there any indication of the " Scene." Both were first supplied by Rowe. Dead March. ACT FIRST-SCENE I WESTMINSTER ABBEY Enter the Funeral of KING HENRY the Fifth, attended on by the DUKE OF BEDFORD, Regent of France; the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Protector; the DUKE OF EXETER, the EARL OF WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, Heralds, &c. BEDFORD Henry's death! King Henry the Fifth, too fa mous to live long! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth. GLOU. England ne'er had a king until his time. Virtue he had, deserving to command: |