Henry VI tickets

In the first play, Henry V, the ‘star of England’ after triumphant conquests in France, is dead. His heir is an infant, whose throne must be protected by regents against the counterclaims of the most powerful baronial families in the country – the House of York, whose symbol is a white rose, and the House of Lancaster, represented by a red rose. Conflict is inevitable.

The young King Henry VI is married, against his inclination, to Margaret of Anjou, a beautiful French princess who has already fallen passionately in love with another man. Meanwhile in France, young Joan of Arc wins historic victories over the English as, at home, the country drifts into Civil War.

So begins a saga of violence and intrigue, of political and sexual deception, as the protagonists compete for both the English and French crowns - competitors in what has been described as Shakespeare's game of thrones.