Histories • c. 1591
Henry VI, Part 2: Modern English Translation & Study Guide
Factional rivalries spark the Wars of the Roses and the Jack Cade rebellion.
Read Henry VI, Part 2 Side by Side
Every scene pairs the public-domain original with a line-matched, original modern-English paraphrase. Choose a scene below to begin reading.
- Act 1, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. London. The palace.
- Act 1, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. GLOUCESTER'S house.
- Act 1, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The palace.
- Act 1, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. GLOUCESTER's garden.
- Act 2, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Saint Alban's.
- Act 2, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. London. YORK'S garden.
- Act 2, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. A hall of justice.
- Act 2, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. A street.
- Act 3, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund's.
- Act 3, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. Bury St. Edmund's. A room of state.
- Act 3, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. A bedchamber.
- Act 4, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. The coast of Kent.
- Act 4, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. Blackheath.
- Act 4, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath.
- Act 4, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. London. The palace.
- Act 5, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Fields between Dartford and Blackheath.
- Act 5, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. Saint Alban's.
- Act 5, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. Fields near St. Alban's.
Henry VI, Part 2 study pathways
Original text source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, MIT HTML edition. MIT states that its HTML versions of the plays are placed in the public domain.