Not in F 173 SD Flourish = Ed. F places in stage direction eight lines later 180 wist = Ed. F = wish

4.2.15 SH GENERAL = Ed. F = Cap. 29 rive = F. Ed = fire

4.3.17 SH LUCY = Ed. F = 2. Mes. 53 lauds = F. Ed = lands

4.4.16 legions = Ed. F = Regions. Suggested compositorial confusion between Shakespeare’s lowercase “l” and “r,” which similarly occurs in other plays 19 in advantage = F. Ed = unadvantaged 31 host = F. Ed = horse

4.7.17 SD Enter … borne = Ed. F places one line earlier 63 Washford = F. Ed = Wexford 89 them = Ed. F = him 94 them = Ed. F = him

Act 5 Scene 1 = Ed. F = Scena secunda

Act 5 Scene 2 = Ed. F = Scoena Tertia

5.3.57 her = Ed. F = his 159 country = F. Ed = countries 184 modestly = F2. F = modestie

5.4.10 an’t = Ed. F = and 37 one = Ed. F = me 49 Arc = Ed. F = Aire 93 SD Enter … Cardinal = Ed. F places two lines earlier

5.5.60 Most = F. Ed. = It most or That most

HENRY VI PART II:
KEY FACTS

MAJOR PARTS: (with percentage of lines/number of speeches/scenes onstage) Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (12%/58/9), King Henry VI (10%/82/11), Duke of Gloucester (10%/69/7), Duke of Suffolk (10%/67/7), Queen Margaret (10%/61/9), Jack Cade (8%/61/6), Earl of Warwick (4%/32/8), Cardinal Beaufort (4%/31/6), Eleanor (4%/21/5), Earl of Salisbury (3%/17/8), Duke of Buckingham (2%/24/9), Lord Clifford (2%/17/4), Captain (2%/11/1), Lord Say (2%/13/2), Alexander Iden (2%/9/2), Young Clifford (2%/4/2), Dick (1%/24/4).

LINGUISTIC MEDIUM: 85% verse, 15% prose.

DATE: 1591? Unquestionably precedes the play now known as The Third Part, a line of which was parodied in a pamphlet entered for publication in September 1592. Almost certainly played as a two-parter with the following play by Pembroke’s Men, who were active in 1592.