The downfall and deposition of King Richard II as he fights with Bolingbroke for the crown — and awaits his fate. (Covers Act 3 S3—conclusion)

After Henry V's death his French conquests were soon lost. His brothers, Bedford and Gloucester, were appointed Protectors of the baby Henry VI. The leaderless nobles revived their old quarrels, siding with Lancaster or York, and choosing red or white roses as their emblems. (Covers 2 Henry VI Act 1–3 S1)

(Covers 2 Henry VI Act 3 S2—conclusion)

The Duke of York was killed by Queen Margaret at Wakefield, but the Yorkists, under their dead leader's son Edward, smashed the Lancastrians in the snow at Towton. Queen Margaret and her son have fled to France. Henry VI is Edward's prisoner. (Covers 3 Henry VI Act 3 S3—conclusion)

The fortunes of the House of Lancaster have now reached their lowest point. The young Prince of Wales, heir to Henry VI, has been brutally murdered before his mother's eyes at Tewkesbury, and in the Tower of London, the pathetic Henry VI himself has been killed by Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Edward IV, recently crowned in London, foresees a period of general peace and prosperity for the country under Yorkist rule – but his own security is already threatened by Gloucester's implacable determination to win the crown. (Covers Richard III Acts 1–3 S1)

Nothing now can check Gloucester's devious and ruthless struggle to possess himself of the Crown. His brothers are dead, the Queen's party has been destroyed, and Richard, in his new guise as Lord Protector, has seized his two young nephews, Edward V and his small brother Richard of York, and imprisoned them in the Tower. (Covers Richard III Act 3 S1—conclusion)