[SeeSharp]

The Yorkists and the Lancastrians were both Plantagenets. As for the Tudors, Henry VII was Lancastrian, albeit through an originally illegitimate line, while Henry VIII and his offspring were both Lancastrian and Yorkist.

[miss marmelstein]

Henry VII was a bastard Welshman with very little claim to the throne despite his Lancastrian blood. He can’t even successfully claim kingship through conquest since he stood behind a tree at Bosworth while John de Vere did all the dirty work.

My point is that the audience of Shakespeare was neither Lancastrian or Yorkist.