full length · drama

King Henry VI, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

37 roles (0M / 0F / 37 any) · approx 129–178 minutes · 5 acts

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Talbot	supporting	59 speeches
Gloucester	supporting	49 speeches
Pucelle	supporting	46 speeches
Charles	supporting	41 speeches
Suffolk	supporting	41 speeches
King Henry	minor	29 speeches
York	minor	29 speeches
Winchester	minor	27 speeches
Plantagenet	minor	27 speeches
Somerset	minor	26 speeches
Reignier	minor	24 speeches
Warwick	minor	23 speeches
Margaret	minor	22 speeches
Bedford	minor	19 speeches
Alençon	minor	18 speeches
Burgundy	minor	17 speeches
Messenger	minor	14 speeches
Lucy	minor	14 speeches
Countess	minor	13 speeches
Bastard	minor	12 speeches
Vernon	minor	12 speeches
Exeter	minor	11 speeches
John Talbot	minor	11 speeches
Mortimer	minor	9 speeches
Basset	minor	7 speeches
Scene Iii	minor	5 speeches
First Servingman	minor	5 speeches
Mayor	minor	5 speeches
Scene Iv	minor	5 speeches
Alarum	minor	5 speeches
Captain	minor	5 speeches
Salisbury	minor	4 speeches
Scene V	minor	4 speeches
Shepherd	minor	4 speeches
Scene Ii. France	minor	3 speeches
Fastolf	minor	3 speeches
Scene Ii	minor	2 speeches

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Monologues from this play

Messenger monologue (Act 1) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~2 min
Pucelle monologue (Act 1) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Talbot monologue (Act 1) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Talbot monologue (Act 1) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Mortimer monologue (Act 2) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Mortimer monologue (Act 2) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Gloucester monologue (Act 3) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Winchester monologue (Act 3) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Pucelle monologue (Act 3) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Talbot monologue (Act 4) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
King Henry monologue (Act 4) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Talbot monologue (Act 4) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Talbot monologue (Act 4) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~2 min
Talbot monologue (Act 4) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Talbot monologue (Act 4) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Pucelle monologue (Act 5) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min
Suffolk monologue (Act 5) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~2 min
King Henry monologue (Act 5) — King Henry VI, Part 1 dramatic · ~1 min