ITA Live: Kings of War

The story

In Kings of War, director Ivo van Hove focuses on political leadership. The original texts were retranslated by Rob Klinkenberg and then thoroughly adapted: the Hundred Years' War between England and France, and the Rose Wars between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, which are emphatically present as a historical context in the original pieces, were referred to the background in the adaptation in order to accommodate a varied portrait of successive kings. As leaders in times of political instability and war, they show remarkable affinities with world leaders today.

Cast

R Ramsey NasrHenry V, Richmond E Eelco SmitsGrey, Henry VI H Hans KestingRichard III H Hugo KoolschijnCharles VI, Warwick, Stanley A Aus Greidanus Jr.Gloucester, Buckingham A Alwin PulinckxExeter, Prince of Wales B Bart SlegersChief of Staff, York, Edward IV C Chris NietveltMontjoy, Leonora, Elizabeth G Gijs Scholten van AschatCardinal, Rivers H Harm Duco SchutWilliams, Prince Edward, Prince of York I Ilke PaddenburgKatharina, Lady Anne C Celia NufaarDuchess of York

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