Henry VI Author:Shakespeare James Sandoe writes in A Director's Commentary on Henry VI: "...nothing in the noise of these three plays is more remarkable than the quiet ascendancy of Henry VI. He is necessarily a passive hero but by no means a negligible on. His honesty shines palely but plainly and burns more brightly as the plays succeed one another. Late on the scene, ... more »young and dominated, he begins from ineffectual sighs and tears. But the sighs and tears become effectual in a world where brother kills brother, father kills son and treachery seems comprehensive."« less