The Wars of the Roses (1965)
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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.
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King Henry VI
Joan la Pucelle
Duke of Winchester
Captain to Talbot
Duke of Suffolk
Duke of Warwick
Bassett
Lord Talbot
Margery Jourdain
The Dauphine
Sir Humphrey Stafford
Duke of Norfolk
Queen Margaret
Earl of Rivers
Lady Bona
Henry VII
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
King Edward IV
King Richard III
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Exeter
Crew
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