Five talks reflecting some of the new insights in Shakespeare scholarship as they are applied to the history plays that form the basis for Vivat Rex broadcast on Radio 4.
5: Perkin Warbeck and Henry VIII: History, Drama and Truth R. A. Foakes, Professor of English in the University of Kent, explores the nature of historical truth as against dramatic truth, as this question is reflected in John Ford's Perkin Warbeck and Henry VIII, mainly attributed to Shakespeare and Fletcher.
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