The Wars of the Roses (stage production)

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cycle of plays stage production theatrical adaptation

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
RSC productions of the History plays cycle	1
The Wars of the Roses (stage cycle)	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cycle of plays ⓘ stage production ⓘ theatrical adaptation ⓘ
adaptedBy	John Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
artForm	theatre ⓘ
basedOn	Henry VI, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VI, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry VI, Part 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard III NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakespearean history plays NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsConflict	dynastic struggle for the English throne ⓘ
depictsFaction	Lancastrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorkists NERFINISHED ⓘ
directedBy	John Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformedAt	Royal Shakespeare Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreCompany	Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 production) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Wars of the Roses (stage cycle)

Gregory Doran → notableWork → The Wars of the Roses (stage production) ⓘ

this entity surface form: RSC productions of the History plays cycle