The read
It runs long at 4h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
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Key crew
- Ivo van HoveDirector
Cast
- 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