A review by oliverho
Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare

3.0

Part of my goal to read Shakespeare all year--the flaws in this play felt oddly modern: tons of characters, very short scenes, lots of action, several story lines happening at the same time. It almost read like episode summaries of a TV series. One book suggested the plot was about nothing more than the passage of time. I'm not sure I agree with that, but it did jump around a lot. The battle scenes with Talbot and his son seemed the most moving.