First Tetralogy

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The First Tetralogy is a group of four early history plays by William Shakespeare that dramatize the turbulent Wars of the Roses and the fall of the House of Lancaster.

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First Tetralogy canonical 1
First tetralogy 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean history cycle ⓘ
group of plays ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henry VI and Richard III tetralogy ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInEnglishHistoryPlays earliest sequence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticSettingContext late medieval English monarchy ⓘ
dramaticSettingTime 15th century England ⓘ
dramatises civil conflict between Lancaster and York ⓘ
political instability in 15th century England ⓘ
succession crises of the English crown ⓘ
focusesOn fall of the House of Lancaster ⓘ
rise of the House of York ⓘ
genre history play ⓘ
hasPart Henry VI, Part 1 ⓘ
Henry VI, Part 2 ⓘ
Henry VI, Part 3 ⓘ
Richard III ⓘ
hasTheme civil war ⓘ
fate and providence ⓘ
monarchical authority ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ
power and legitimacy ⓘ
violence and revenge ⓘ
historicalBasis Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) ⓘ
linked to: Wars of the Roses
includesDepictionOf Duke of Gloucester (Richard, later Richard III) ⓘ
Duke of York ⓘ
King Edward IV ⓘ
King Henry VI ⓘ
King Richard III ⓘ
Queen Margaret of Anjou ⓘ
influenced later portrayals of the Wars of the Roses in literature ⓘ
modern stage and screen adaptations of Shakespearean history plays ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryTradition English Renaissance theatre ⓘ
medium stage drama ⓘ
notableCharacterGroup English nobility ⓘ
royal houses of Lancaster and York ⓘ
precedes Second Tetralogy ⓘ
structure four-play cycle ⓘ
subject House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry VI, Part 3 → partOf → First Tetralogy ⓘ
Shakespearean histories → canonicalSubset → First tetralogy ⓘ
linked to: First Tetralogy