Performance

Venue	Rose Theatre Kingston
Town	Kingston
County	Surrey
From	16th September 2015
To	31st October 2015
What is currently on at Rose Theatre Kingston (V051452426)

The Wars of The Roses

T0561956256
Shakespeare's Game of Thrones. A Nation at war with itself, father against son, husband against wife, brother against brother. Epic, enthralling, extraordinary. This autumn the Rose stage will be transformed into a battleground for The Wars of the Roses, a gripping distillation of four of Shakespeare's history plays, directed by Trevor Nunn, one of the world's leading Shakespearean directors. A spectacular theatrical event not seen since it was first produced at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 by Peter Hall & John Barton, The War of the Roses is a trilogy of plays about one of the most tumultuous and intriguing periods of British history - the 15th century conflict between the House of York and the House of Lancaster for the throne of England. Through these plays Shakespeare examines the very essence of human conflict. A tale of feuding families, murderous kings and adulterous queens, scheming and betrayal, revolts and battles, The Wars of the Roses chronicles the final struggle for power in medieval England.

Archive :: production:T0561956256, play:S139961915, venue:V051452426

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News: The War of the Roses
24Jun15: Adapted from Shakespeare's Henry VI Parts I, II, III and Richard III by John Barton in collaboration with Peter Hall

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Company

Director	Trevor Nunn
Director	Cordelia Monsey (associate director)
Design	John Napier (set design concept)
Design	Mark Friend
Costume	Mark Bouman
Lighting	Paul Pyant
Sound	Fergus O'Hare
Director	Malcolm Ranson (fight director)
Music	Guy Woolfenden
Director	Ginny Schiller (CDG - casting director)
Performer	Oscar Batterham (John Talbot / Son who killed his father)
Performer	Freddy Carter (company)
Performer	Kare Conradi (Dauphin / Edward IV)
Performer	Oliver Cotton (Winchester / Clifford / Hastings)
Performer	Jim Creighton (Burgandy / Simpcox / Stafford / Father who killed his son / Ely)
Performer	Imogen Daines (Joan of Arc / Lady Bona / Lady Anne)
Performer	Harry Egan (company)
Performer	Alexandra Gilbreath (Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester / Elizabeth)
Performer	Alexander Hanson (Richard Duke of York / Buckingham)
Performer	Rufus Hound (Bedford / Bolingbroke / Jack Cade / Rivers)
Performer	James de Lauch Hay (company)
Performer	Geoff Leesley (Exeter / Mortimer / Lord Mayor / Lt of the Tower)
Performer	Owen Oakeshott (Somerset / Ratcliff)
Performer	Joely Richardson (Margaret)
Performer	Robert Sheehan (Alencon / Richard III)
Performer	James Simmons (Talbot / John Hume / Norfolk / First Murderer)
Performer	Laurence Spellman (Bastard of Orleans / Young Clifford / Richmond / Second Murderer)
Performer	Susan Tracy (Margery Jourdain / Duchess of York)
Performer	Alex Waldmann (Henry VI / Tyrrel)
Performer	Timothy Walker (Warwick / Catesby)
Performer	Andrew Woodall (Gloucester / Iden / Derby)
Performer	Michael Xavier (Suffolk / George of Clarence)

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