ITA Live: Kings of War

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.

• Ivo van HoveDirector

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