Release Date
22 Jan, 2021
Runtime
04:30: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Ivo van Hove merges William Shakespeare's plays Henry V, Henry VI and Richard III into one explosive performance about leadership.
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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Actors
Ramsey Nasr
Eelco Smits
Hans Kesting
Hugo Koolschijn
Aus Greidanus Jr.
Alwin Pulinckx
Bart Slegers
Chris Nietvelt
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Celia Nufaar
Janni Goslinga
Crew
William Shakespeare