Chronicle or historycle play

1. Topic:- Shakespeare Chronical Or
Historycal Play
• Name:-Kailas Gohil
• Roll No:-17
• Class:- Sem-1
• Paper No:- 1(The Renaissance
Literature)
• Email Id:-Kailasgohil1998@gmail.com
• Year:-2018-19
• Submitted By:-Department Of
English(maharaja Krishnakumarshinji
Bhavnagar University.)

2. •William
Shakespeare
•(1564-1616)

3. Introduction:-
• William Shakespeare Was An English Poet, Playwright
and Actor, Widely Regarded As Both the Greatest
Writer in the English Language and the World’s pre-
Eminent Dramatist.
• Shakespeare Written So many Works Like….
Historical Play ,Drama, Sonnets..
• He is Famous For His Tragedy....
A. Hamlet
B. King Lear
C. Macbeth
D. Romeo Juliet……

4. Difinition Of Chronicle Or
Historycal Play?...
 Chronicle play:-
“Chronicle Play ,Also called Chronicle Or
History ,Drama With A Theme From History
.Consisting Usually Of Loosely Connected
Episode Chronologically Arranged”…..
Historical Play:-
“ A Play In this Genre is Known As a History Play
and is Based on a Historical Narrative Often Set
in the Medieval or Early Modern Past. History
Emerged As a distinct Genre From Tragedy in
rebirth England”…..

5. Shakespeare Chronicle Or Historical
Plays:-
I. King John
II. Edward -lll
III. Richard-ll
IV. Richard-lll
V. Henry-lV Part-1
VI. Henry-V
VII. Henry-Vl Part -1
VIII. Henry-Vl Part-2
IX. Henry-VlPart-3
X. Henry-Vlll

6. Richard-ll
• King Richard the
Second is a History Play
by William Shakespeare
Believed to Have been
Written in
Approximately 1595.
• It is Based on the Life
of Richard –ll of English
and is the First Part of a
Tetralogy, Referred to
by some scholars as the
Henriad followed by
three Plays concerning
Richard ‘s successors ….

7. • King John Came to
Power When his
Brother, Richard, Was
Killed Retuning from the
Crusades.
• King John Was seen as
an Unworthy
Replacement.
• King John Anger the
Pope.
• King John “Softsword”.
• King John”Lackland”.
King John

8. Edward -lll
• King of England
from 1327 until His
demise in 1377.
• Edward distorted
England into one of
Europe’s most
Formidable Military
Powers.
• Married to Philippe
of Hainault.