Richard III - The War of The Roses Part III - Adaptation John Barton - Directed by Peter Hall & John Barton. Originally aired: 22 April 1965.
Content: Abridged version of Richard III.
The production starred David Warner as Henry VI, Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret of Anjou, Janet Suzman as Joan la Pucelle and Lady Anne and Ian Holm as Richard III.
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. The plays were adapted by John Barton, and directed by Barton and Peter Hall at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
In 1965, the BBC adapted the plays for television. The broadcast was so successful that they were shown again, in a differently edited form, in 1966. In 1970, BBC Books published the play scripts along with extensive behind-the-scenes information written by Barton and Hall, and other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company who worked on the production.
Rewriting
The most significant initial alteration to the original text was to conflate the four plays into a trilogy. This was not unprecedented, as adaptations from the seventeenth century onwards had employed truncation when staging the sequence, especially the Henry VI trilogy.
In 1965, BBC 1 broadcast all three plays from the trilogy - "Henry VI" - "Edward IV" - "Richard III". The TV adaptation was shot following the 1964 run of the plays at Stratford-upon-Avon, and took place over an eight-week period, with fifty-two BBC staff working alongside eighty-four RSC staff to bring the project to fruition.
Richard III
Originally aired: 22 April 1965
Abridged version of Richard III.
- Dramatis personae -
The House of York
Roy Dotrice as King Edward IV
Susan Engel as Queen Elizabeth
Fergus McClelland as Prince Edward
Paul Martin as Richard
Katherine Barker as Princess Elizabeth
Charles Kay as Clarence
Ian Holm as Gloucester
Madoline Thomas as Duchess of York
Hugh Sullivan as Hastings
Derek Waring as Rivers
William Squire as Buckingham
Charles Thomas as Catesby
John Corvin as Ratcliff
David Hargreaves as Norfolk
Henry Knowles as Tyrrel
David Ellison as First Messenger
Murray Brown as Second Messenger
Anthony Boden as Third Messenger
The House of Lancaster
David Warner as King Henry VI
Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret
Alan Tucker as Prince Edward
Janet Suzman as Lady Anne
Eric Porter as Richmond
Maurice Jones as Oxford
Reconcilers of the Two Houses
John Hussey as Derby
Michael Rose as Bishop of Ely
The Commons
Ted Valentine as Lieutenant of the Tower
Donald Burton as First Murderer
Philip Brack as Second Murderer
Malcolm Webster as Lord Mayor
Marshall Jones as First Citizen
Terence Greenidge as Second Citizen
Jeffery Dench as Third Citizen
David Morton as Messenger from Derby
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