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duction of some playwright who preceded, or was contemporary with Shakespeare; and out of that piece he form ed the two plays which are now denominated the Second and Third Parts of King Henry VI.; as, out of the old plays of King John and The Taming of the Shrew, he form ed two other plays with the same titles.

This old play of King Henry VI. now before us, or as our author's editors have called it, the first part of King Henry VI. I suppose, to have been written in 1589, or before. See An Attempt to ascertain the Order of Shakespeare's Plays, Vol. II. The disposition of facts in these three plays, not always corresponding with the dates, which Mr. Theobald mentions, and the want of uniformity and consistency in the series of events exhibited, may perhaps be in some measure accounted for by the hypothesis now stated. As to our author's having accepted these pieces as a Director of the stage, he had, I fear, no pretension to such a situation at so early a period.

MALONE.

King HENRY the Sixth.

Duke of GLOSTER, 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 Win-
chester, and afterwards cardinal.

JOHN BEAUFORT, earl of Somerset ; afterwards, duke.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, eldest son of Richard late earl of
Cambridge; afterwards duke of York.

Earl of WARWICK. Earl of SALISBURY. Earl of SUF

FOLK.

Lord TALBOT, afterwards earl of Shrewsbury:
JOHN TALBOT, his son.

EDMUND MORTIMER, Earl of March.

MORTIMER'S Keeper, and a Lawyer.

Sir JOHN FASTOLFE. Sir WILLIAM LUCY.
Sir WILLIAM GLANSDALE. Sir THOMAS GARGRAVE.
Mayor of London. WOODVILLE, lieutenant of the Tower.
VERNON, of the White Rose, or York faction.

BASSET, of the Red Rose, or Lancaster faction.
CHARLES, dauphin, and afterwards king of France.
REIGNIER, duke of Anjou, and titular king of Naples.
Duke of BURGUNDY.

Duke of ALENÇON.

Governor of Paris.

Bastard of Orleans.

Master-Gunner of Orleans, and his son.

General of the French Forces in Bourdeaux.
A French Serjeant. 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.

Fiends appearing to La Pucelle, Lords, Warders of the Tower, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and seve ral Attendants both on the English and French.

SCENE,-partly in England, and partly in France.

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