Can you name the English monarchs who appear in Shakespeare?

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English Monarchs in Shakespeare Quiz

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Created Feb 24, 2011 in Literature
Featured Sep 15, 2011
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	ZapRowsdower:	Sep 15th, 2011 at 19:18 GMT		1 point
	It would be nice to be able to type the arabic numerals instead of just the roman numerals. It's quicker and it also avoids the problem of giving away Richard II when someone intends to guess Richard III. Otherwise, nice quiz!

	catcherj:	Sep 15th, 2011 at 20:07 GMT		9 points
	Neither Mary Tudor nor Jane Grey shows up in Henry 8? That's a shocker.

	JamesSnell:	Sep 15th, 2011 at 20:43 GMT		2 points
	Very ice quiz, I especially liked the factoids in the 2nd column.

	TJL:	Sep 15th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT		2 points
	Scholars now for the most part agree that Shakespeare wrote the play Edward III, and a computer analysis shows he wrote at least 40% of it. Edward III should be included in this list

	thecassidy:	Sep 16th, 2011 at 01:48 GMT		1 point
	I'm not sure how James is the least-guessed…

	dave77:	Sep 16th, 2011 at 12:14 GMT		-4 points
	...because he is Scotish not English

	emmersonne:	Sep 17th, 2011 at 22:20 GMT		3 points
	Please tell me I'm not the only one to type "Macbeth"..

	tulliuscicero:	Sep 18th, 2011 at 16:59 GMT		2 points
	Although it's technically part of his apocrypha, Edward III is widely accepted as a part of the canon nowadays. He should be here, if only as a bonus.

	AndreasC:	Oct 1st, 2011 at 22:58 GMT		0 points
	What about Lear and Cymbeline or are you just sticking to the History plays?

	JamesSnell:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 09:03 GMT		1 point
	@AndreasC: I'd assume that if they cannot be proven to have existed, i.e. historical documentation, then they cannot be included. Or else there would be Oberon, king of the fairies (in A Midsummer Night's Dream).

	Maddycaddy100:	Oct 17th, 2012 at 18:34 GMT		2 points
	Whayt about Edward the Confessor in Macbeth? Is it because he isn't actually on stage?

	angevin:	Oct 22nd, 2012 at 05:55 GMT		1 point
	I'm not sure James I really counts -- although Macbeth's vision is clearly a reference to him (specifically, the line about "two-fold balls and treble sceptres"), and one of the spirit kings holds a mirror which may have been used to fourth-wall-breaking effect at court performances, there's no evidence that James was actually represented onstage. In fact, stage representations of the reigning monarch were illegal in Shakespeare's day (the contemporary play "A Game at Chesse," by Thomas Middleton, was banned for doing so allegorically).