HENRY VI
adapted and directed by Truman Christensen

 

Henry VI Cast

Kehoe Brogna - King Henry VI

Dalloway Smith - Queen Margaret

Rowen Beckman - Prince Edward

Orion Xiao - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

Anni Willes - Eleaonr, Duchess of Gloucester

Will Mortensen - Duke of Somerset

Robyn Swinton - Duke of Suffolk

Faith Wilde - Old Clifford

Reese Beckman - Yongue Clifford

Brian Whitney - Richard Plantaganet, Duke of York

Vander Knight - Earl of Warwick

Stone Allebest - Edward, son of York, later king

Truman Christensen - Richard, son of York, later Duke of Gloucester

Lydia Swinton - George, son of York, later Duke of Clarence

Rowen Beckman - Rutland, son of York

Lydia Swinton - Jack Cade

Reese Beckman - Dick 

Faith Wilde - Smith

Eden Wilde - Michael

Maddie Guymon - Lady Grey

Jesse Witt - Messenger and Gardner

Stone Allebest - Lieutenant

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Director's Note

Of the Henry VI Trilogy:

"They are Shakespeare's weakest, they do not live now except for the triad of Joan, Jack Cade, and Richard." - Harold Bloom

"They are the most tiresome plays in the cannon." - John Berryman

"Henry VI Part 3 is the most tedious play I have seen." - W.H. Auden

Of these critiques:

"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so." - Anton Ego, from the Pixar film, Ratatouille​​

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