Henry VI Part 2 Translation

We're hanging at the palace, where Suffolk brings Margaret to meet King Henry. The backstory? Suffolk captured Margaret during the war with France. He figured he wouldn't let a pretty woman go to...

Over at Gloucester's pad, his wife Eleanor asks Gloucester what's wrong. Why so glum, chum? Maybe it has to do with dreaming of a certain crown?

Back at the palace, a couple of petitioners are trying to find Gloucester. When they see Suffolk with Margaret, one of them thinks that Suffolk is Gloucester. The other insists it's Suffolk. When...

Over at Gloucester's, Hume brings a witch (Margery Jourdain) and a conjurer (Bolingbroke) for Eleanor. They all agree she should watch their work with Hume looking down on the whole thing. Eleano...

At St. Albans, Henry, Margaret, Suffolk, Gloucester, and Beaufort talk about hunting falcons. The talk quickly turns to—what else?—the crown. Gloucester and Suffolk bicker with one another ab...

York, Salisbury, and Warwick are on an after-dinner stroll in the garden. York tells them about his claim to the throne:Edward III had 7 sons. The eldest, Prince Edward, died and left Richard (his...

At the court, Henry sentences the perps accused of witchcraft. The witch gets burned, her colleagues will be strangled, and Eleanor gets a lesser punishment because she's of a higher class. She g...

Out on the streets, Gloucester enters in mourning clothes. His wife enters, barefoot, with a white sheet on her back that proclaims her crimes to the world. So that's what Henry meant when he ord...

Henry, Margaret, and the nobles are kicking it at parliament hall. Henry wonders why Gloucester hasn't shown.

Two murderers discuss knocking Gloucester off. One of them feels bad about what they've done; the other just wants to get the news to Suffolk that his order has been fulfilled.

Henry, Warwick, and Salisbury visit Cardinal Beaufort on his deathbed.Cardinal Beaufort thinks Henry is Death itself and asks if he will leave. No can do: Henry is not Death, and he's going to stic...

Take cover: we're on a ship at sea that's under attack.A lieutenant fills us in on the deets: basically, things on this ship aren't looking so hot right now. The lieutenant decides to divvy the pri...

Meanwhile, back on land, Bevis and Butthead—er, Holland are talking about how Jack Cade has a new plan for England and its government: he wants workers to have the honor from now on.

Alarms are sounding to tell us there's a battle going on. Stafford and his bro are dead. Cade asks where his guy Dick the Butcher is. The two discuss how the Staffords and their army have ju...

Back in London, it's a terrible, no good, very bad day for Margaret and Henry. Margaret holds Suffolk's head and wishes she could hug his body. Ew.

There's all kinds of commotion, and the scene opens with Lord Scales asking some citizens if Cade has survived the latest battle. The citizens tell him that Cade has taken over London Bridge...

Cade and his army run on stage. Cade makes sure everyone knows he's Lord Mortimer, a noble (and not Jack Cade, a commoner). A soldier runs away from Cade and his men, yelling "Jack Cade!" Ca...

At the Tower, Cade and his men take over, killing leaders and burning anything in their path.Dick and Smith want to know about the new laws for their new government. Cade declares that everything w...

Cade is ordering more killing when he hears some soldiers. It's Buckingham and Clifford, who have come to him with a message from Henry.

At Kenilworth Castle, Henry wonders why he, as king, can't command that people be happier. Um, okay.

Things aren't looking too good for Cade. He's been roaming the woods and hasn't eaten in five days. Now he's hiding out in Iden's garden, searching for food.

York enters with his army and talks about plucking the crown from Henry's head. When he sees Buckingham in the distance, he tells us he'll lie to him and say that he's been sent from the king.

Warwick and York enter the battlefield and talk about what's happening. Then Clifford enters, ready to fight.

On the battlefield, York, his son Richard, and Warwick all agree they've had a good day at battle. They definitely won.