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The Wars of the Roses

  • April 1965
  • 8hrs

    5mins

  • Drama
  • History
  • Directed by

    Robin Midgley,

    Peter Hall,

    John Barton,

    Michael Hayes

    ...

    Starring

    David Warner,

    Janet Suzman,

    Peggy Ashcroft,

    Donald Sinden

    ...

    A 1965 BBC 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. It was based on the 1963 theatre adaptation by John Barton, and directed by Peter Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company.