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The Wars of the Roses

8.7 average rating
8.7
English / 485 MIN. / 1965

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

David WarnerJanet SuzmanPeggy AshcroftDonald SindenPaul HardwickRoy DotriceIan HolmSusan EngelJohn NormingtonDonald BurtonNicholas SelbyDavid WallerWilliam SquireBrewster MasonStephen HancockClive MortonMadoline ThomasCharles KayJeffery DenchDavid HargreavesDerek WaringColette O'NeilEric Porter

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