The Wars of the Roses (1965)

• 89%
• 1965
• Drama
• History
• Peter Hall
• John Barton
• Robin Midgley
• Michael Hayes
• David Warner
• Janet Suzman
• Peggy Ashcroft

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.