Edward III

Edward III (The Raigne of King Edward the third)

    Author: William Shakespeare (and others?)

    First Performance: c.1595, London

    Published: 1596

    Genre: Hist. drama in 5 acts; blank verse

    Setting: Westminster Palace, Roxborough [  =  Roxburgh] Castle, and locations in France, including Crécy, Calais, and Poitiers, 1337–56

    Cast: 32m, 3f, extras

Edward III, persuaded of his right to the French throne, rejects King John of France's demand for fealty. Before engaging in conflict with the French, Edward has to deal with the rebellious Scots, who have captured the Countess of Salisbury. When he frees her, he falls in love with her. She says that she will submit to the King only if he has his Queen and her husband Salisbury murdered. Edward agrees, but the Countess was only testing him, and now insists that...

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