Period written: 1590-1591
Known first performance:

The play begins a confrontation between Richard, Duke of York and the reigning King Henry VI and their respective supporters. Threatened with physical violence by the Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick), the king brokers a deal to make York his heir. Disgusted at his cowardice, his supporters abandon him. The Queen, Margaret of Anjou, makes it clear that she will not agree to this, and declares war on the Yorkists, with the assistance of the young Lord Clifford and other supporters, including her son, Edward, Prince of Wales.
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Period written: 1590-1591
Known first performance:

The play we know as King Henry VI, Part II was originally known as The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster. It was the first half of a two-part play on the popular theme of the ‘Wars of the Roses’. It was this two-part play that established Shakespeare’s reputation as a major playwright in the 1590s.
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Period written: 1589-1590
Known first performance: 1592 (Rose Theatre, Southwark, London)

The first in the cycle of four plays often referred to as The Wars of the Roses or The First Tetralogy.
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