Much better than Parts One and Two! Granted, it's mostly a series of murders, but it's a series of murders with some really affecting speeches in it.

Acts 1, 2 and 5 were excellent. I got bogged down in the middle though, where it was very much reduced to "My throne, mine!" Having slogged through this series I was just hoping they'd make a decision, any decision, and get it over with. I've spent ages reading these plays thinking Henry VI was an utter fool, and so he is, but I find when Edward takes the throne he's not much better! Having seen the disaster one thoughtless royal marriage has been for the realm, he promptly makes his own - equally stupid - one. The idiot.

And on another point, let's be honest: if you have the rival claimant to the throne in your power, and have already gone through wars to get him there, just kill him already and end the conflict! I mean really. How is this rocket science? Richard may be evil but at least he's practical... though I suspect, according to pattern, that once he sits his arse down on the throne in Richard III he'll promptly lose every ounce of intelligence he has.

Still, at least I'm done with Henry VI (who I've taken to calling "the ninny"). Somewhere in the afterlife, Henry V was watching and face-palming hard.