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Cersei's lust for power was drawn from a few sources by George R.R. Martin, primarily, Margaret of Anjou, who was Queen Consort to King Henry VI of England from 1445-1461. Arranged to marry Henry at 15, Margaret had a shrewder political mind than Henry, who infamously went mad.
Jul 21, 2018 · Though appearing in four plays attributed to Shakespeare, Margaret of Anjou then disappeared almost completely from the English-speaking stage for 350 years. After World War II, several landmark cyclical productions in England rescued the three Henry VI plays from...
- Charlene V. Smith
- 2018
Apr 13, 2016 · But the part – Margaret of Anjou – is spread across four plays: the three parts of Henry VI and Richard III. Sadly, only Richard III is performed often these days. This means only Margaret the ...
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May 31, 2018 · The Radio 4 programme In Our Time on 24 May 2018 was all about Margaret of Anjou, born in 1430 who became Henry VI’s Queen. Shakespeare was following the Tudor version of history that insisted the civil unrest and divisions of the Wars of the Roses were ended only by the accession of Henry VII in 1485.
Aug 27, 2018 · A new work by Jeanie O’Hare distils four Shakespeare plays to retell the story of the Wars of the Roses, focusing on Margaret of Anjou, the formidable wife of Henry VI The unmissable theatre of 2018
Dec 5, 2021 · Margaret of Anjou died in 1482, impoverished, in the castle of Dampierre-sur-Loire, near Anjou where she was being hosted by Francis de Vignolles. Since her death Margaret has suffered from negative portrayals particularly in Shakespeare’s history plays but this villainising also took place during her own lifetime.
Sep 20, 2018 · Jade Anouka plays Queen Margaret, with Max Runham as Henry VI. By Ian Youngs. Arts & entertainment reporter. Shakespeare gave Queen Margaret more lines than any other female character, and more...
