The War of the Roses
If you live in the U.K. I bet you are well aware that the award winning series “The Hollow Crown” part 2 The War of the Roses” is being telecast right about now. If you are not aware this may help explain why all of the young girls are giggling and staying home; Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Ricard III.
This production is a series of some of Shakespeare’s English history plays. In chronological order of setting, these are: Richard II, Henry IV Parts I and II, Henry V, Henry VI Parts I, II and III, Richard III. But if we look at the order of when they were written we see that Shakespeare may not have had a series in mind.
Henry VI part II 1590
Henry VI part III 1590
Henry VI part I 1591
Richard III 1592
Richard II 1595
Henry IV part I 1597
Henry IV part II 1597
Henry V 1598
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