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The Wars of the Roses
8 hours 5 minutes1965-04-08
8.5
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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.
Cast
![David Warner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AlsZcAY2c4chfOxMW69gHQzH1B2.jpg)
David Warner
King Henry VI
![Janet Suzman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5H1cxIbRuIlpqOxU1rsGAetrsyi.jpg)
Janet Suzman
Joan la Pucelle
![Peggy Ashcroft](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bF2GD1brYDKT17j25ANkZQR739R.jpg)
Peggy Ashcroft
Queen Margaret
![Donald Sinden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x7xq2O7mqVwSnnQNo3E1YDndIx7.jpg)
Donald Sinden
Duke of York
![Paul Hardwick](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Paul Hardwick
Duke of Gloucester
![Roy Dotrice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//etXS22XFmYmHiQ7RDYf72pPO4fp.jpg)
Roy Dotrice
King Edward IV
![Ian Holm](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tz81JSiPdcLM7b624W1BcYdxd4D.jpg)
Ian Holm
King Richard III
![Susan Engel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Susan Engel
Queen Elizabeth
![John Normington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qG1oQjFvMCI1dBDriAEo93hZyFH.jpg)
John Normington
Duke of Bedford
![Donald Burton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xsHbW4EQ1MXzAfEKDjI81xyBdBM.jpg)
Donald Burton
Duke of Exeter
![Nicholas Selby](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nicholas Selby
Duke of Winchester
![David Waller](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
David Waller
Captain to Talbot
![William Squire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k3HPWslxIahGKovuQLgvk3CuB8i.jpg)
William Squire
Duke of Suffolk
![Brewster Mason](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Brewster Mason
Duke of Warwick
![Stephen Hancock](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stephen Hancock
Bassett
![Clive Morton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nUC58KK5KVs1fMAum5rtLcHGWlb.jpg)
Clive Morton
Lord Talbot
![Madoline Thomas](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Madoline Thomas
Margery Jourdain
![Charles Kay](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//itrjpPBP313mCdyk86YPLmBMPqZ.jpg)
Charles Kay
The Dauphine
![Jeffery Dench](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cLPv5PggBO9TLspAcU1ryj3sdHQ.jpg)
Jeffery Dench
Sir Humphrey Stafford
![David Hargreaves](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bskRVRQw1KlwvytZLFvlCI7SqIL.jpg)
David Hargreaves
Duke of Norfolk
![Derek Waring](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Derek Waring
Earl of Rivers
![Colette O'Neil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wNiNCGocwOwJzNv8ZSoLPEnLWaP.jpg)
Colette O'Neil
Lady Bona
![Eric Porter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fspL0jPlDYqgscfrIPD8ytb3XXb.jpg)