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HOW SIMON DE MONTFORT SUCCEEDED

SCRIPT EXTRACTS

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The full script of How Simon de Montfort Succeeded takes up 136 pages of text in standard 55-line screenplay format. 

 

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All script material © 2021 David Manson.

EXTRACT ONE

(pp. 10-17)

After Simon mobilizes for war, Henry III musters arms in the university town of Oxford. But is the King focused on matters military or medieval? Prince Edward has concerns for his father's cause.

EXTRACT TWO

(pp. 74-81)

Simon's triumph seems complete when the January Parliament convenes. But is his ally Gilbert of Gloucester about to switch sides? Eleanor de Montfort fears what 1265 may bring for her husband.

EXTRACT THREE

(pp. 117-122)

Simon the Younger arrives at Kenilworth with an army which may yet save his father. But his rowdy band includes one clean-faced youth on a secret mission. And Edward is only one fast ride away...

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