Comparing history plays with history

The purpose of this page is to compare history plays with his events reported in history books.

English history
Examples of played based on English history include those of William Shakespeare.

King Edward IV
Thomas Heywood wrote two plays on Edward IV, parts 1 and 2.

Mary Stuart
Friedrich Schiller wrote Mary Stuart.

French history
Several plays in English deal with French history. See French history in the English-speaking theatre.

Joan of Arc
William Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 1 concerns part of the story of Joan of Arc (1412–1431). The 19th centory drmatist Tom Taylor wrote Jeanne d'Arc (1871) based on her life, as did 20th century authors Percy MacKaye with Jeanne d'Arc (1906) and George Bernard Shaw with Saint Joan (1923).

German history
Friedrich Schiller wrote a trilogy on Wallenstein.