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The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Sep 12, 2015 · The Wars of the Roses is a conflation of four Shakespeare plays into a trilogy. The meticulous editing and reorganisation of the original material was the work of the great John Barton,...
September 16 - 25, 2022. By William Shakespeare. Adapted and directed by Rachel Kohler. Henry of the House of Lancaster, King of England, sits precariously on his throne. Crowned when he was just nine months old, he has grown into a weak and unsuitable leader, surrounded by a rapacious aristocracy and riotous factions vying for supremacy within ...
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The name "Wars of the Roses,"references the symbols of the two related but competing families: the Lancasters, symbolized by a red rose, and the Yorks, symbolized by a white rose. Shakespeare’s eight main history plays about this period— Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Henry V ; as well as Henry VI, Part 1; Henry VI, Part 2 ...
Oct 5, 2015 · The War of the Roses trilogy, a reboot of the highly acclaimed 1963 RSC adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI parts 1-3 and Richard III by John Barton and Peter Hall, now is directed by Trevor Nunn for Rose Theatre in Kingston as a tribute to them fifty two years later.
Period Drama. The Wars of the Roses. Peter Hall's landmark 1960s productions of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Starring Janet Suzman, Ian Holm,...
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487. The wars were fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster and House of York, two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
