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The third Part of Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Duke of YORKE By William Shakespeare AT Folio line 232 of the Third Part of the Henry Sz'xt/z, now before us in this volume, is the stage direction Here taey come down. If Shakespeare wrote that, he wrote it almost exactly three hun dred years ago as this volume goes to press - in precisely the words which a stagewright to-day would use, to indicate that, at this point, the actors upon the stage were to pass to the front of it. At line F. 1848 of the Second Part of this play there occurs the stage direction, Bea' put fartil, which ex presses the actual poverty and meanness of the stage for which Shakespeare wrote. At that point the spectators have been asked to imagine a stately audience room in King Henry's palace. The dead body of Duke Humphrey is to be visited Warwick says to the assembled court, Enter his chamber, View his lifeless corpse; a bed is brought in, and the dialogue passes to that famous discussion of the signs of violent death as Opposed to the mortal linea ments of the timely and peace parted. It seems to me that these two stage directions together present us at once with the exact histrionic situation of the date: namely, a stage that was comic in its practical disabilities, and a Shakespeare, fully conscious of its disabilities, writing the stately drama that was to tax the opulence of the stage that was to be We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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