The Wars of the Roses (adaptation), the Glossary
The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical 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.[1]
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195 relations: Adolf Hitler, Amazons, An Age of Kings, Anarchy, André Calmettes, Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Antonin Artaud, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Barry Jackson (director), Battle of Bosworth Field, Battle of Tewkesbury, Battle of Wakefield, BBC, BBC Books, BBC One, BBC Television Shakespeare, Beargarden, Berlin Wall, Berliner Ensemble, Bernard Levin, Bertolt Brecht, Blank verse, Body politic, Bona of Savoy, Bourgeoisie, Brewster Mason, Caspar Neher, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Charles Kay, Charles VII of France, Christianity, Cleopatra, Clive Morton, Colette O'Neil, Colley Cibber, Cressida, Cuban Missile Crisis, Daily Mail, David Ellison (British actor), David Hargreaves (actor), David Waller, David Warner (actor), Derek Waring, Donald Burton, Donald Sinden, Douglas Seale, Dramaturgy, E. M. W. Tillyard, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, ... Expand index (145 more) »
- 1963 plays
- 1965 British television series debuts
- 1965 British television series endings
- Cultural depictions of Edward IV
- Cultural depictions of Edward V
- Cultural depictions of Elizabeth of York
- Films based on Henry VI (play)
- Films based on Richard III (play)
- Plays set in the 15th century
- Stage productions of plays by William Shakespeare
- Television series set in the 15th century
- Television shows based on plays
- Television shows based on works by William Shakespeare
- Wars of the Roses in fiction
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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Amazons
In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek:, singular; in Latin) are portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the Argonautica and the Iliad.
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An Age of Kings
An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), produced and broadcast in Britain by the BBC in 1960. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and an Age of Kings are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, films based on Henry VI (play), films based on Richard III (play), television series set in the 15th century, television shows based on plays and television shows based on works by William Shakespeare.
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Anarchy
Anarchy is a form of society without rulers.
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André Calmettes
André Calmettes (1861–1942) was a French actor and film director.
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Anne Neville
Anne Neville (11 June 1456 – 16 March 1485) was Queen of England from 26 June 1483 until her death in 1485 as the wife of King Richard III.
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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (c. 144025 June 1483), was an English nobleman, courtier, bibliophile and writer.
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Antonin Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French artist who worked across a variety of media.
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
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Barry Jackson (director)
Sir Barry Vincent Jackson (6 September 1879 – 3 April 1961) was an English theatre director, entrepreneur and the founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and, alongside George Bernard Shaw, the Malvern Festival.
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Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century.
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Battle of Tewkesbury
The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England.
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Battle of Wakefield
The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield in northern England, on 30 December 1460.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC Books
BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Consumer Publishing and BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division.
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BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
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BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and BBC Television Shakespeare are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, films based on Henry VI (play), films based on Richard III (play), television series set in the 15th century and television shows based on works by William Shakespeare.
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Beargarden
The Beargarden was a facility for bear-baiting, bull-baiting, and other "animal sports" in the London area during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the Elizabethan era to the English Restoration period.
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany).
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Berliner Ensemble
The Berliner Ensemble is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin.
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Bernard Levin
Henry Bernard Levin (19 August 1928 – 7 August 2004) was an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by The Times as "the most famous journalist of his day".
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Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.
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Blank verse
Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, usually in iambic pentameter.
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Body politic
The body politic is a polity—such as a city, realm, or state—considered metaphorically as a physical body.
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Bona of Savoy
Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (10 August 1449 – 23 November 1503) was Duchess of Milan as the second spouse of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.
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Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.
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Brewster Mason
Brewster Mason (30 August 192214 August 1987) was an English stage actor who also appeared in films and on television.
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Caspar Neher
Caspar Neher (born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher; 11 April 1897 – 30 June 1962) was an Austrian-German scenographer and librettist, known principally for his career-long working relationship with Bertolt Brecht.
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Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III.
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Charles Kay
Alfred Charles Kay (born 31 August 1930), better known by his stage name Charles Kay, is an English actor.
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Charles VII of France
Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious or the Well-Served, was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Κλεοπάτρα Θεά ΦιλοπάτωρThe name Cleopatra is pronounced, or sometimes in British English, see, the same as in American English.. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology);Also "Thea Neotera", lit.
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Clive Morton
Clive Morton (16 March 1904 – 24 September 1975) was an English actor best known for playing upper class Englishmen, he made many screen appearances, especially on television.
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Colette O'Neil
Mary Irene Colette Ellis (McCrossan, 18 November 1935 – 11 July 2021), better known by the stage name Colette O'Neil, was a Scottish actress, noted for her various roles on British television.
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Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate.
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Cressida
Cressida (also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London.
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David Ellison (British actor)
David Ellison (1939 – 10 June 2010) was a British television actor born in Stalybridge, probably best remembered for his portrayal of police sergeant Joseph Beck, in the 1980s BBC television series Juliet Bravo.
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David Hargreaves (actor)
David Hargreaves (born 2 February 1940) is an English actor, active on stage and screen, as well as radio drama, he is best known for his television drama roles in the 1970s and 1980s set in the north of England, and as a presenter on BBC children's television of the same period.
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David Waller
David Waller (27 November 1920 – 23 January 1997) was an English actor best known for his role as Inspector Jowett in the British television series Cribb.
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David Warner (actor)
David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor who worked in film, television and theatre.
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Derek Waring
Derek Waring (born Derek Barton-Chapple; 26 April 1927 – 20 February 2007) was an English actor who is best remembered for playing Detective Inspector Goss in Z-Cars from 1969 to 1973.
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Donald Burton
Donald Graham Burton (10 February 1934 – 8 December 2007) was an English theatre and television actor.
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Donald Sinden
Sir Donald Alfred Sinden (9 October 1923 – 12 September 2014) was a British actor.
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Douglas Seale
Douglas Seale (28 October 1913 – 13 June 1999) was an English film and stage actor.
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Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage.
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E. M. W. Tillyard
Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard (19 May 1889 – 24 May 1962) was an English classical and literary scholar who was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1945 to 1959.
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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (140622 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War.
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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster (6 November 139118 January 1425), was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England.
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Edmund, Earl of Rutland
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (17 May 1443 – 30 December 1460) was the fourth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville.
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Edward IV
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483.
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Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
Edward of Westminster (13 October 1453 – 4 May 1471), also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only child of Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou.
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Edward V
Edward V (2 November 1470 –) was King of England from 9 April to 25 June 1483.
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Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
Eleanor Cobham (c.1400 – 7 July 1452) was an English noblewoman, first the mistress and then the second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who in 1441 was forcibly divorced and sentenced to life imprisonment for treasonable necromancy, a punishment likely to have been politically motivated.
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Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503.
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Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; c. 1437Karen Lindsey, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, p. xviii, Perseus Books, 1995. – 8 June 1492), later known as Dame Elizabeth Grey, was Queen of England from 1 May 1464 until 3 October 1470 and from 11 April 1471 until 9 April 1483 as the wife of King Edward IV.
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Elizabethan era
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
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English Shakespeare Company
The English Shakespeare Company was an English theatre company founded in 1986 by Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington to present and promote the works of William Shakespeare on both a national and an international level.
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Eric Porter
Eric Richard Porter (8 April 192815 May 1995) was an English actor of stage, film and television.
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Feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
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First Battle of St Albans
The First Battle of St Albans took place on 22 May, 1455, at St Albans, 22 miles (35 km) north of London, and traditionally marks the beginning of the Wars of the Roses in England.
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First Folio
Mr.
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Folio Society
The Folio Society is a London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971.
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Frank Cox (director)
Frank Dixon Cox (28 May 1940 – 27 April 2021) was a British television director from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 144918 February 1478), was the sixth child and third surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English kings Edward IV and Richard III.
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God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
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Harold Hobson
Sir Harold Hobson CBE, (4 August 1904 – 12 March 1992) was an English drama critic and author.
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Henry Beaufort
Henry Beaufort (c. 1375 – 11 April 1447) was an English Catholic prelate and statesman who held the offices of Bishop of Lincoln (1398), Bishop of Winchester (1404) and cardinal (1426).
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Henry Irving
Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End's Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre.
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Henry IV of England
Henry IV (– 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413.
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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (4 September 1455 – 2 November 1483) was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion, a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and parts of Wales against Richard III of England in October 1483.
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Henry VI of England
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453.
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Henry VI, Part 1
Henry VI, Part 1, often referred to as 1 Henry VI, is a history play by William Shakespeare—possibly in collaboration with Thomas Nashe and others—believed to have been written in 1591. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Henry VI, Part 1 are plays set in the 15th century and wars of the Roses in fiction.
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Henry VI, Part 2
Henry VI, Part 2 (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591 and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Henry VI, Part 2 are cultural depictions of Edward IV, plays set in the 15th century and wars of the Roses in fiction.
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Henry VI, Part 3
Henry VI, Part 3 (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591 and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Henry VI, Part 3 are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, plays set in the 15th century and wars of the Roses in fiction.
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Henry VII of England
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509.
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House of Lancaster
The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet.
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House of Tudor
The House of Tudor was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603.
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House of York
The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (3 October 1390 – 23 February 1447) was an English prince, soldier and literary patron.
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Ian Holm
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor.
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Idealism
Idealism in philosophy, also known as philosophical idealism or metaphysical idealism, is the set of metaphysical perspectives asserting that, most fundamentally, reality is equivalent to mind, spirit, or consciousness; that reality is entirely a mental construct; or that ideas are the highest type of reality or have the greatest claim to being considered "real".
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J. C. Trewin
John Courtenay Trewin (4 December 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a British journalist, writer and drama critic.
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Jack Cade's Rebellion
Jack Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months of April and July.
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James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele
James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (22 September 1395 – 4 July 1450) was an English soldier and politician.
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James Laurenson
James Philip Laurenson (17 February 1940 – 18 April 2024) was a New Zealand stage and screen actor, based in the UK.
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James Tyrrell
Sir James Tyrrell (c. 1455 – 6 May 1502) was an English knight, a trusted servant of king Richard III of England.
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Jan Kott
Jan Kott (October 27, 1914 – December 22, 2001) was a Polish political activist, critic and theoretician of the theatre.
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Janet Suzman
Dame Janet Suzman, (born 9 February 1939) is a South African-born British actress who had a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles on television.
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Jean de Dunois
Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in military campaigns with Joan of Arc.
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Jeffery Dench
Jeffery Danny Dench (29 April 1928 – 25 March 2014) was an English actor, best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (translit; Jehanne Darc; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
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John Barton (director)
John Bernard Adie Barton, CBE (26 November 1928 – 18 January 2018), was a British theatre director and teacher whose close association with the Royal Shakespeare Company spanned more than half a century.
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John Bury (theatre designer)
John Bury OBE (27 January 1925 - 12 November 2000) was a British set, costume and lighting designer who worked for theatres in London, the rest of the UK, and Broadway and international opera.
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John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford
John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford, 9th Lord of Skipton (8 April 1435 – 28 March 1461) was a Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses in England.
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John Crowne
John Crowne (6 April 1641 – 1712) was a British dramatist.
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John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (8 September 1442 – 10 March 1513), the second son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Howard, a first cousin of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (2nd creation), was one of the principal Lancastrian commanders during the English Wars of the Roses.
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John Herman Merivale
John Herman Merivale (5 August 1779 – 25 April 1844, Bedford Square) was an English barrister and man of letters.
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John II, Duke of Alençon
John II of Alençon (Jean II d’Alençon) (2 March 1409 – 8 September 1476) was a French nobleman.
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John Jowett
John D. Jowett is an English Shakespeare scholar and editor.
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John Morton (cardinal)
John Morton (– 15 September 1500) was an English cleric, civil lawyer and administrator during the period of the Wars of the Roses.
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John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk,, Earl Marshal (12 September 14156 November 1461) was a fifteenth-century English magnate who, despite having a relatively short political career, played a significant role in the early years of the Wars of the Roses.
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John Normington
John Normington (28 January 1937 – 26 July 2007) was an English actor primarily known for his work on television.
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John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford KG (20 June 1389 – 14 September 1435) was a medieval English prince, general, and statesman who commanded England's armies in France during a critical phase of the Hundred Years' War.
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John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot, KG (17 July 1453), known as "Old Talbot", was an English nobleman and a noted military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
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John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle
John Talbot, 1st Baron Lisle and 1st Viscount Lisle (1426 – 17 July 1453), English nobleman and medieval soldier, was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and his second wife Margaret Beauchamp.
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Karl von Appen
Karl von Appen (12 May 1900, Düsseldorf - 22 August 1981, Berlin) was a German stage designer and member of the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists.
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Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer.
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Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
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Louis XI
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483.
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Madoline Thomas
Madoline Thomas (born Madoline Mary Price; 2 January 1890 – 30 December 1989) was a Welsh character actress whose career, beginning in midlife, encompassed stage, film and television roles.
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Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou (Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.
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Margery Jourdemayne
Margery Jourdemayne, "the Witch of Eye Next Westminster" (before 1415 – 27 October 1441) was an English woman who was accused of "false belief and witchcraft".
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Michael Barry (television producer)
Michael Barry OBE (15 May 1910 – 27 June 1988) was a British television producer, director and executive, who was an important early influence on BBC television drama.
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Michael Bogdanov
Michael Bogdanov (15 December 1938 – 16 April 2017) was a British theatre director known for his work with new plays, modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare, musicals and work for young people.
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Michael Boyd (theatre director)
Sir Michael Boyd HonFRSE (6 July 1955 – 3 August 2023) was a British theatre director and an artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Michael Hayes (director)
Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Naturalism (theatre)
Naturalism is a movement in European drama and theatre that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Nicholas Selby
Nicholas Selby (born James Ivor Selby, 13 September 1925 – 14 September 2010) was a British film, television and theatre actor.
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Orestes
In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (Ὀρέστης) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and the brother of Electra.
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Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.
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Paul Hardwick
Paul Hardwick (15 November 1918 in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire – 22 October 1983, London) was an English actor.
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Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years.
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Peter Hall (director)
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall CBE (22 November 1930 11 September 2017) was an English theatre, opera and film director.
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Philip the Good
Philip III the Good (Philippe le Bon.; Filips de Goede.; 31 July 1396 in Dijon – 15 June 1467 in Bruges) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467.
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Propitiation
Propitiation is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution.
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René of Anjou
René of Anjou (Renato; Rainièr; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed).
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Rhys McConnochie
Rhys McConnochie (born 28 December 1936) is a New Zealand-born actor, director and educator based in Australia.
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Richard II of England
Richard II (6 January 1367 –), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.
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Richard III (1699 play)
The Tragical History of King Richard Iii, Alter'd From Shakespeare (1699) is a history play written by Colley Cibber. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Richard III (1699 play) are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, cultural depictions of Elizabeth of York and plays set in the 15th century.
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Richard III (1912 film)
Richard III (also known as The Life and Death of King Richard III) is a 1912 silent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, co-directed by French filmmaker André Calmettes and American playwright James Keane, and starring Frederick Warde as the title character. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Richard III (1912 film) are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, cultural depictions of Elizabeth of York and films based on Richard III (play).
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Richard III (1955 film)
Richard III is a 1955 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his Henry VI, Part 3. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Richard III (1955 film) are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V and films based on Richard III (play).
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Richard III (1995 film)
Richard III is a 1995 period drama film, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Richard Loncraine. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Richard III (1995 film) are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, cultural depictions of Elizabeth of York and films based on Richard III (play).
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Richard III (play)
Richard III is a play by William Shakespeare. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Richard III (play) are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Edward V, cultural depictions of Elizabeth of York, plays set in the 15th century and wars of the Roses in fiction.
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Richard III of England
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.
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Richard Loncraine
Richard Loncraine (born 20 October 1946) is a British film and television director.
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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury (22 November 1428 – 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander.
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Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury KG PC (1400 – 31 December 1460) was an English nobleman and magnate based in northern England who became a key supporter of the House of York during the early years of the Wars of the Roses.
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Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (17 August 1473), was the sixth child and second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, born in Shrewsbury.
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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses.
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Richard Ratcliffe
Sir Richard Ratcliffe, KG (died 22 August 1485) was a close confidant of Richard III of England.
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Robert Atkins (actor)
Robert Alexander Atkins Jr. (10 August 1886 – 9 February 1972) was an English actor, producer and director.
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Robert Speaight
Robert William Speaight (1904 – 1976) was a British actor and writer, and the brother of George Speaight, the puppeteer.
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Robin Midgley
Robin Midgley (10 November 1934 – 19 May 2007) was a director in theatre, television and radio and responsible for some of the earliest episodes of Z-Cars and for the television version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Wars of the Roses.
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Roger Bolingbroke
Roger Bolingbroke (died 18 November 1441) was a 15th-century English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer.
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Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British stage and screen actor.
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Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) (originally called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
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Saint
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.
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Shakespeare Quarterly
Shakespeare Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1950 by the Shakespeare Association of America.
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ShakespeaRe-Told
ShakespeaRe-Told is the umbrella title for a series of four television adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays broadcast on BBC One during November 2005. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and ShakespeaRe-Told are television shows based on works by William Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (also known as The Animated Shakespeare) is a series of twelve half-hour animated television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, originally broadcast on BBC2 and S4C between 1992 and 1994. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and Shakespeare: The Animated Tales are cultural depictions of Edward V, films based on Richard III (play), television series set in the 15th century and television shows based on works by William Shakespeare.
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The social environment, social context, sociocultural context or milieu refers to the immediate physical and social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops.
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Stanley Lebor
Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor.
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Stephen Hancock
Philip Stephen Hancock (24 November 1925 – 1 November 2015) was a British television and stage actor, musical director and pianist.
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Stuart Restoration
The Stuart Restoration was the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Supranational union
A supranational union is a type of international organization and political union that is empowered to directly exercise some of the powers and functions otherwise reserved to states.
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Susan Engel
Susan Engel (born 25 March 1935) is a British actress.
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T. C. Worsley
Thomas Cuthbert Worsley (10 December 1907 – 23 February 1977) was a British teacher, writer, editor, and theatre and television critic.
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Teleology
Teleology (from, and)Partridge, Eric.
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The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.
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The Hollow Crown (TV series)
The Hollow Crown is a series of British television film adaptations of William Shakespeare's history plays. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and The Hollow Crown (TV series) are cultural depictions of Edward IV, cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, television series set in the 15th century, television shows based on works by William Shakespeare and wars of the Roses in fiction.
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The Misery of Civil War
The Misery of Civil War is a 1680 tragedy by the English writer John Crowne. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and the Misery of Civil War are plays set in the 15th century.
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The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
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The Old Vic
The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England.
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The Oxford Shakespeare
The Oxford Shakespeare is the range of editions of William Shakespeare's works produced by Oxford University Press.
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The Spread of the Eagle
The Spread of the Eagle is a nine-part serial adaptation of three sequential history plays of William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra, produced by the BBC in 1963. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) and the Spread of the Eagle are television shows based on plays and television shows based on works by William Shakespeare.
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The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.
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Theatre of ancient Greece
A theatrical culture flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC.
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Theatre of Cruelty
The Theatre of Cruelty (Théâtre de la Cruauté, also Théâtre cruel) is a form of theatre conceptualised by Antonin Artaud.
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Theophilus Cibber
Theophilus Cibber (25 or 26 November 1703 – October 1758) was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.
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Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (c. January 137731 December 1426) was an English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, and briefly Chancellor of England.
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Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, also 8th Lord of Skipton (25 March 1414 – 22 May 1455), was the elder son of John, 7th Baron de Clifford, and Elizabeth Percy, daughter of Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer.
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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman.
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Throne of England
The Throne of England is the throne of the Monarch of England.
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Tim Wylton
Tim Wylton (born Timothy Higginson; 27 February 1940) is a British actor best known for his television roles as Stanley Dawkins in My Hero, and Lol Ferris in As Time Goes By.
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Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and controls the public sphere and the private sphere of society.
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Trellis (architecture)
A trellis (treillage) is an architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo or metal that is normally made to support and display climbing plants, especially shrubs.
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Trevor Nunn
Sir Trevor Robert Nunn (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre director.
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Tudor myth
The Tudor myth is the tradition in English history, historiography and literature that presents the 15th century, including the Wars of the Roses, in England as a dark age of anarchy and bloodshed.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487.
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William Catesby
William Catesby (1450 – 25 August 1485) was one of Richard III of England's principal councillors.
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William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
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William Dysart
William Dysart (26 November 1929 – October 2002) was a Scottish actor, known for his role as Alec Campbell in the 1970s television series Survivors.
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William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings KG (c. 1431 – June 1483) was an English nobleman.
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William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt (10 April 177818 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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William Squire
William Arthur Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television.
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See also
1963 plays
- A Cheery Soul
- A Voyage Round My Father
- Alfie (play)
- All in Good Time (play)
- And the Big Men Fly
- Barefoot in the Park
- Cascando
- Enter Laughing
- Evam Indrajit
- Isabella, Three Sailing Ships and a Con Man
- Major Chandrakanth (play)
- Man and Boy (play)
- Marat/Sade
- Marathon '33
- Nobody Loves an Albatross
- Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)
- Play (play)
- Sunday in New York (play)
- The Brig (play)
- The Deputy
- The Garden Party (play)
- The Marionettes
- The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
- The Unshaven Cheek
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- Who'll Come A-Waltzing
1965 British television series debuts
- 199 Park Lane
- 24 Hours (TV programme)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1965 TV series)
- An Enemy of the State
- Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye
- BBC-3 (TV series)
- Barney Is My Darling
- Call My Bluff
- Commonwealth Jazz Club
- DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (TV series)
- Gadzooks! (TV programme)
- Gaslight Theatre (TV series)
- Gideon's Way
- Going for a Song
- Hereward the Wake (TV series)
- Jackanory
- Knock on Any Door (TV series)
- Mr and Mrs (TV series)
- Night Train to Surbiton
- On the Ball (British TV programme)
- Out of the Unknown
- Pardon the Expression
- Play of the Month
- Pogles' Wood
- Public Eye (TV series)
- Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)
- Star Soccer
- The Airbase
- The Beatles (TV series)
- The Bed-Sit Girl
- The Flying Swan
- The Magic Roundabout
- The Mask of Janus
- The Newcomers (TV series)
- The Troubleshooters (British TV series)
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The Worker (TV series)
- The World of Wooster
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
- Thunderbirds (TV series)
- Till Death Us Do Part
- Tom Tom (TV series)
- Tomorrow's World
- Undermind (TV series)
- United!
- World of Sport (British TV programme)
1965 British television series endings
- 199 Park Lane
- A Little Big Business
- A Tale of Two Cities (1965 TV series)
- A World of His Own (TV series)
- An Enemy of the State
- Armchair Mystery Theatre
- Cluff (TV series)
- Commonwealth Jazz Club
- Compact (TV series)
- Crane (TV series)
- Fire Crackers
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (TV series)
- Francie and Josie
- Gadzooks! (TV programme)
- Gaslight Theatre (TV series)
- HMS Paradise
- Hereward the Wake (TV series)
- Monitor (British TV programme)
- Night Train to Surbiton
- Noggin the Nog
- Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
- Picture Book (TV series)
- Pingwings
- R3 (TV series)
- Rag, Tag and Bobtail
- Stars and Garters
- Stingray (1964 TV series)
- Sykes and a...
- The Airbase
- The Beat Room
- The Mask of Janus
- The Odd Man trilogy
- The Sullavan Brothers
- The Third Man (TV series)
- The Valiant Varneys
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- Undermind (TV series)
- Zero One (TV series)
Cultural depictions of Edward IV
- A Short English Chronicle
- An Age of Kings
- Anne de Bretagne (rock opera)
- Atlantis (series)
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Cultural depictions of Edward IV
- Dickon (novel)
- Edward IV (play)
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 2 (The Hollow Crown)
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Historie of the arrivall of Edward IV
- Jane Shore (1915 film)
- Looking for Richard
- Passport to Pimlico
- Plantagenet (radio plays)
- Queen Catharine; or, The Ruines of Love
- Requiem of the Rose King
- Richard III (1699 play)
- Richard III (1912 film)
- Richard III (1955 film)
- Richard III (1995 film)
- Richard III (The Hollow Crown)
- Richard III (play)
- The Blackfriars of Shrewsbury
- The Dragon Waiting
- The Hollow Crown (TV series)
- The Kingmaker's Daughter
- The Lady of the Rivers
- The Last of the Barons
- The Mirror for Magistrates
- The Reluctant Queen
- The Rose of Rouen
- The Sunne in Splendour
- The True Tragedy of Richard III
- The Wandering Jew's Chronicle
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The White Queen (TV series)
- The White Queen (novel)
- The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore
- Tower of London (1939 film)
- Tower of London (1962 film)
- Warkworth's Chronicle
- Yale English Monarchs series
Cultural depictions of Edward V
- An Age of Kings
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Requiem of the Rose King
- Richard III (1699 play)
- Richard III (1912 film)
- Richard III (1955 film)
- Richard III (1995 film)
- Richard III (The Hollow Crown)
- Richard III (play)
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
- The Children of Edward
- The Daughter of Time
- The Foretelling
- The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
- The Mirror for Magistrates
- The Missing (novel series)
- The Reluctant Queen
- The Sunne in Splendour
- The True Tragedy of Richard III
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The White Princess
- The White Princess (miniseries)
- The White Queen (TV series)
- The White Queen (novel)
- The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore
- Tower of London (1939 film)
- Tower of London (1962 film)
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth of York
- Croyland Chronicle
- History of the Reign of King Henry VII
- Lang's Fairy Books
- Requiem of the Rose King
- Richard III (1699 play)
- Richard III (1912 film)
- Richard III (1995 film)
- Richard III (2007 film)
- Richard III (The Hollow Crown)
- Richard III (play)
- The Constant Princess
- The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
- The Reluctant Queen
- The Shadow of the Tower
- The Spanish Princess
- The True Tragedy of Richard III
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The White Princess
- The White Princess (miniseries)
- The White Queen (TV series)
- The White Queen (novel)
- Vaux Passional
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
Films based on Henry VI (play)
- An Age of Kings
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
Films based on Richard III (play)
- An Age of Kings
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Looking for Richard
- Richard III (1912 film)
- Richard III (1955 film)
- Richard III (1995 film)
- Richard III (2007 film)
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- Tower of London (1962 film)
Plays set in the 15th century
- Antonio (play)
- Byzantium (play)
- Caesar Borgia (play)
- Charles VIII of France (play)
- Columbus (play)
- Edward IV (play)
- England Preserved
- Falstaff's Wedding
- Fiorenza (play)
- Foscari (play)
- Gismonda
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V (play)
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (play)
- Jane Shore (play)
- King René's Daughter
- Lorenzaccio
- Lucrezia Borgia (play)
- Malatesta (play)
- Perkin Warbeck (play)
- Richard III (1699 play)
- Richard III (play)
- Richardus Tertius
- Tamburlaine
- The Battle of Hexham
- The Conquest of Granada
- The Devil's Charter
- The English Princess
- The Family Legend
- The Jester's Supper (play)
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- The Misery of Civil War
- The True Tragedy of Richard III
- The Two Foscari (Byron)
- The Unhappy Penitent
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- Timour the Tartar
- Topal Teymur (play)
- Torquemada (play)
- Vanden Winter ende vanden Somer
Stage productions of plays by William Shakespeare
- Caesar (Mercury Theatre)
- Cymbeline (South Sudan Theatre Company)
- Hamlet in Aden
- Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet
- Othello (Orson Welles stage production)
- RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970)
- Richard Burton's Hamlet
- Roman Tragedies
- Romeo and Juliet (2013 Broadway play)
- Shakespeare in Original Pronunciation
- The Taming of the Shrew in performance
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- This England: The Histories
- Voodoo Macbeth
Television series set in the 15th century
- An Age of Kings
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Belaventura
- Borgia (TV series)
- Castlevania (TV series)
- Catherine (1986 TV series)
- Christopher Columbus (miniseries)
- Conquistadores: Adventvm
- Da Vinci's Demons
- Drunken Hero
- Fatih (TV series)
- Hana no Ran
- Isabel (TV series)
- Leonardo (2021 TV series)
- Maximilian (miniseries)
- Medici (TV series)
- New Dragon Gate Inn (TV series)
- Once Upon a Time... The Americas
- Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
- Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
- Quentin Durward (TV series)
- Réquiem por Granada
- Rise of Empires: Ottoman
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
- The Age of the Medici
- The Black Adder
- The Borgias (1981 TV series)
- The Borgias (2011 TV series)
- The Crown of the Kings
- The Hollow Crown (TV series)
- The King and the Queen
- The King of Chudong Palace
- The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
- The Shadow of the Tower
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The White Princess (miniseries)
- Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht
- Zheng He Xia Xiyang (TV series)
Television shows based on plays
- A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film)
- An Age of Kings
- Angels in America (miniseries)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1974 TV drama)
- Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
- Ben Travers' Farces
- Clavigo (film)
- Come Back, Little Sheba (1977 film)
- Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997 film)
- E/R
- Freak (film)
- Herzog Blaubarts Burg
- La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (film)
- Lemon Sky
- Mars Red
- Master Harold...and the Boys (1985 film)
- Miss Rose White
- Mister Roberts (1984 film)
- Neverland (miniseries)
- Paradise Lost (play)
- Peter Pan Live!
- Primo (film)
- Romeo and Juliet on screen
- Spoonface Steinberg
- T Bone N Weasel
- That Championship Season (1999 film)
- The Andersonville Trial
- The Boys Next Door (1996 film)
- The Devil's Disciple (1987 film)
- The Emperor Jones (Kraft Television Theatre)
- The House of Blue Leaves (film)
- The Human Voice
- The Laramie Project (film)
- The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film)
- The Play of the Week
- The Sound of Music Live (2015)
- The Sound of Music Live!
- The Spread of the Eagle
- The Sunshine Boys
- The Taming of the Shrew on screen
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The West Side Waltz (film)
- Up 'n' Under (film)
- Victor/Victoria (1995 film)
- Would Be Kings
Television shows based on works by William Shakespeare
- 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969 film)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016 film)
- A Midsummer's Nightmare (film)
- An Age of Kings
- Antony and Cleopatra (1959 film)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1974 TV drama)
- Around the Beatles
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Dam Dama Dam
- Fascination (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Henry IV, Part I and Part II (The Hollow Crown)
- Kiss Me Kate (1968 film)
- List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
- Masterpiece Playhouse
- Motocrossed
- O Cravo e a Rosa
- Othello (2001 film)
- Othello (Theatre Night)
- Othello (Wednesday Theatre)
- Requiem for Methuselah
- Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
- Rinse the Blood Off My Toga
- Scott Tenorman Must Die
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
- Slings & Arrows
- The Face of Love (1954 film)
- The Hollow Crown (TV series)
- The Life and Death of King Richard II (1960 film)
- The Show Must Go Online
- The Spread of the Eagle
- The Taming of the Shrew (1962 film)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1973 film)
- The Tempest (1960 film)
- The Tempest (1963 film)
- The Tempest (1998 film)
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- The Winter's Tale (1967 film)
Wars of the Roses in fiction
- Black Arrow (1985 film)
- Chimes at Midnight
- Henriad
- Henry VI (play)
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Kingmaker (board game)
- Requiem of the Rose King
- Richard III (play)
- The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
- The Deep (Crowley novel)
- The Hollow Crown (TV series)
- The Red Queen (Gregory novel)
- The Rose in Splendour
- The Sunne in Splendour
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wars_of_the_Roses_(adaptation)
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