Students from the RSAMD’s MA Classical and Contemporary Text course join forces with Bard in the Botanics to produce an epic performance of Shakespeare’s history cycle. Read more …
The Wars of the Roses: Part One--(adapted from Henry VI Parts 1 & 2 by Marc Silberschatz). Directed by Marc Silberschatz.
Henry V is dead. His son, young and unprepared, is crowned Henry VI. In the ensuing chaos, England faces threats from within as discord erupts among the nobility and without as a new power rises in France...
The Wars of the Roses: Part Two--(adapted from Henry VI Parts 2 & 3 by Jennifer Dick). Directed by Jennifer Dick.
The Duke of York marches on England, determined to wrench the crown from the House of Lancaster, and Henry VI is powerless to prevent the country from descending into civil war. It is left to his wife, Margaret, to turn warrior queen and lead her army into a battle for the throne and the soul of England…
The Wars of the Roses: Part Three--(adapted from Richard III by Gordon Barr). Directed by Gordon Barr
Civil war has ended, Edward IV is ensconced on the throne and the future looks promising but from the shadows a new threat emerges - Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Deformed, brilliant and ruthless, he will stop at nothing to gain the crown for himself…
Bard in the Botanics, Glasgow from Wednesday July 6, 2011, until Friday July 8, 2011. Tickets are free. For more information, check the website.. More info: http://www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk
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