The Wars of the Roses (stage production)

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The Wars of the Roses (stage production) is a landmark cycle of Shakespearean history plays adapted and staged in the 1960s by director Peter Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company, dramatizing the dynastic conflicts between the houses of Lancaster and York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cycle of plays ⓘ
stage production ⓘ
theatrical adaptation ⓘ
adaptedBy John Barton ⓘ
Peter Hall ⓘ
artForm theatre ⓘ
basedOn Henry VI, Part 1 ⓘ
Henry VI, Part 2 ⓘ
Henry VI, Part 3 ⓘ
Richard III ⓘ
Shakespearean history plays ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsConflict dynastic struggle for the English throne ⓘ
depictsFaction Lancastrians ⓘ
linked to: Lancastrian forces

Yorkists ⓘ
linked to: Yorkist forces
directedBy John Barton ⓘ
Peter Hall ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Royal Shakespeare Theatre ⓘ
firstPerformedInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
genre Shakespearean adaptation ⓘ
history play ⓘ
hasInfluenced Royal Shakespeare Company’s approach to history plays ⓘ
later stage cycles of Shakespeare’s histories ⓘ
hasPart adaptation of Henry VI plays ⓘ
adaptation of Richard III ⓘ
historicalContext post-war British theatre ⓘ
locatedInTheatreCity Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ
linked to: Stratford-on-Avon
mainSubject House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ
medium live performance ⓘ
movement modern Shakespearean performance ⓘ
notableFor epic staging of Shakespeare’s history plays ⓘ
influential modern interpretation of the history cycle ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producedBy Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
productionCompany Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
theatreCompany Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 15th century England ⓘ

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Peter Hall → notableWork → The Wars of the Roses (stage production) ⓘ
Peter Hall → directed → The Wars of the Roses (stage cycle) ⓘ
linked to: The Wars of the Roses (stage production)
Gregory Doran → notableWork → RSC productions of the History plays cycle ⓘ
linked to: The Wars of the Roses (stage production)
Sir Peter Hall → notableWork → The Wars of the Roses (stage production) ⓘ
Sir Peter Hall → directed → The Wars of the Roses (RSC cycle) ⓘ
linked to: The Wars of the Roses (stage production)
Kate Ashfield → notableWork → The War of the Roses (stage production) ⓘ
linked to: The Wars of the Roses (stage production)