Edward III

Name: Edward III
Author: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

free · 21,392 words · ~1 h read · first published 1596

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Dramatis Personae

Edward the Third, King of England
Edward, Prince of Wales, his son
Earl of Warwick
Earl of Derby
Earl of Salisbury
Lord Audley
Lord Percy
Lodwick, Edward’s confidant
Sir William Mountague
Sir John Copland
Two Esquires, and a herald, English
Robert, styling himself Earl, of Artois
Earl of Mountford (or Montfort)
Gobin de Grey
John, King of France
Charles, his son
Philip, his son
Duke of Lorraine
Villiers, a French lord
King of Bohemia, Aid to King John
A Polish Captain, Aid to King John
Six citizens of Calais
A Captain, and a poor inhabitant, of the same
Another Captain; a mariner
Three heralds; and four other Frenchmen
David, King of Scotland
Earl Douglas
Two messengers, Scotch
Philip, Edward’s Queen
Countess of Salisbury
A French woman
Lords, and divers other attendants; heralds, officers, soldiers, etc.

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Dramatis Personae

Edward the Third, King of England

Edward, Prince of Wales, his son

Earl of Warwick

Earl of Derby

Earl of Salisbury

Lord Audley

Lord Percy

Lodwick, Edward’s confidant

Sir William Mountague

Sir John Copland

Two Esquires, and a herald, English

Robert, styling himself Earl, of Artois

Earl of Mountford (or Montfort)

Gobin de Grey

John, King of France

Charles, his son

Philip, his son

Duke of Lorraine

Villiers, a French lord

King of Bohemia, Aid to King John

A Polish Captain, Aid to King John

Six citizens of Calais

A Captain, and a poor inhabitant, of the same

Another Captain; a mariner

Three heralds; and four other Frenchmen

David, King of Scotland

Earl Douglas

Two messengers, Scotch

Philip, Edward’s Queen

Countess of Salisbury

A French woman

Lords, and divers other attendants; heralds, officers, soldiers, etc.

More by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

You get a play that keeps changing its mind about love, from the quarrelling lovers in the forest to Bottom blundering through his amateur performance. The language is playful and slippery, and Puck gives the whole thing a mischievous sense that human beings are never quite in control.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Helena chases a man who plainly doesn't deserve her, and the play knows it, which is what makes it interesting. If you like your comedies uneasy, with a bed trick and an ending that only half convinces, this one will stick with you.

Antony and Cleopatra

These two aren't young lovers, they're middle-aged, vain, magnificent messes who keep wrecking empires over each other, and you half want to shake them. Stay for Enobarbus, the dry-eyed friend whose barge speech about Cleopatra is worth the whole play.