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The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016)
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17 years after the death of Henry V, the realm is under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester and the young Henry VI. Hard-won territories in France are lost and quarrels erupt after Margaret of Anjou is introduced at court as the new queen. Gloucester is murdered and bitter rivalries lead to the Wars of the Roses.More
After the Battle of St Alban's, Plantagenet and the Yorkists ride to London to claim the throne. Henry negotiates to keep the crown for his lifetime but agrees to disinherit his son Prince Edward.More
In his quest for the Crown, Richard plans the murder of his brother George. After the death of Edward IV, Richard starts to remove the remaining obstacles in his path to the throne, including the Princes in the tower.More
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Cast
as Richard
as Buckingham
as Gloucester
as Plantagenet
as Hastings
as Exeter
as Anne
as Margaret
as Queen Elizabeth
as Mortimer
as Cecily
as Henry V
as Somerset
as Talbot
as Eleanor
as Edward IV
as Warwick
as Suffolk
as George
as Brakenbury
as Bishop of Ely
as King Louis
as Ned
as Clifford
as Richmond
as Basset
as Vernon
as Bishop of Winchester
as Young Cecily
as Sir William Lucy
as Murderer II
as Prince Richard
as John Talbot
as Murderer
as Catesby
as Stanley
as Joan's Mother
as Murderer I
as Rivers
as Mayor of London
as Joan of Arc
as Grieving Father
as Grieving Son
as Ratcliffe
as Lady Bona
as George Stanley
as Shepherd II
as Young Cecily
as Blunt
as Shepherd I
as Princess Elizabeth
as Edmund
as Westmorland
as Prince Edward
as Messenger
as Young Soldier
as Tyrell
as Lady-in-Waiting
as Oxford
as Torch Bearer
as Grey
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Episodes
17 years after the death of Henry V, the realm is under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester and the young Henry VI. Hard-won territories in France are lost and quarrels erupt after Margaret of Anjou is introduced at court as the new queen. Gloucester is murdered and bitter rivalries lead to the Wars of the Roses.More
After the Battle of St Alban's, Plantagenet and the Yorkists ride to London to claim the throne. Henry negotiates to keep the crown for his lifetime but agrees to disinherit his son Prince Edward.More
In his quest for the Crown, Richard plans the murder of his brother George. After the death of Edward IV, Richard starts to remove the remaining obstacles in his path to the throne, including the Princes in the tower.More
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Rather than downplay his natural magnetism, Cumberbatch emphasizes it, charming the audience by talking directly to the camera, just like Kevin Spacey does in House of Cards.
What Cooke captures is the scope, the daring and the savage headlong rush of the poet's imagination, and that's not to be scoffed at.
The experience is not like watching a play on screen, as Dominic Cooke has directed each part with a clear vision of filmic aesthetics, and along with that, a ghastly amount of violence.
The Hollow Crown doesn't just bring Shakespeare's words to life, it sets them on fire and lets them howl to the moon.
It speaks to the impermanence of things, and of kings, which you may find a useful, even comforting, thought long about now.
It's absolutely ideal as an alternative for the time of the year.
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