Details

Henry VI concedes that the House of York shall inherit the crown after his death, angering his wife Margaret who fights for the House of Lancaster. Fathers kill sons, sons kill fathers. The House of York prevails and Edward IV is crowned, unaware that his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester is already plotting his downfall.

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Asbury (Somerset), Keith Bartlett (Stanley), Hannah Barrie (Attendant), Antony Bunsee (Keeper), Richard Cordery (Louis XI), Matt Constain (Montague), Julius D'Silva (Rutland's Tutor), Keith Dunphy (Lord Clifford), Wela Frasier (Prince Edward), Paul Hamilton (Oxford), Alexia Healy (Lady Bona), Kieran Hill (Westmoreland), Tom Hodgkins (Hastings), Chuk Iwuji (Henry VI), John Mackay (Sir John Montgomery), Forbes Masson (Edward), Chris McGill (Northumberland), Patrice Naiambana (Warwick), Ann Ogbomo (Elizabeth), Miles Richardson (Duke Norfolk), Lex Shrapenel (Richmond), Jonathan Slinger (Richard), Katy Stephens (Margaret), Geoffery Streatfeild (Rivers), James Tucker (George of Clarence), Roger Watkins (Duke of Exeter), Clive Wood (Richard Plantaganet)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Michael Boyd, Terry King (fight), Liz Ranken (movement)
Design: Tom Piper
Lighting: Heather Carson
Sound: Andrea J Cox
Music: John Woolf