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'Bloody-hunting slaughtermen', sieges and 'lechery': what does Shakespeare tell us of war?

Only two days separate Anzac Day and Shakespeare’s (presumed) birthday and actual death-day. This proximity is coincidental. But amid a war in Ukraine, being reported in horrifyingly graphic detail from the point of view of the victims, and given Shakespeare is the world’s most-quoted, most-performed and most studied writer, it…

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Wars of the Roses review – a little too much shock and awe

The RSC’s battery of technical effects evokes the chaos of warfare, but the characterisation gets lost in the tumult

The Guardian - UK

Henry VI: Rebellion / Wars of the Roses review – thrilling games of thrones

With their portrait of a wobbling monarchy and egotistical leadership, these rare stagings are particularly topical

The Guardian - UK

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‘Experience Shakespeare by seeing it – even better, be in it’: inside the RSC’s new epic

Owen Horsley’s new production of Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3, uses a cast of 120, including professionals and community participants, with some of them filming the action on stage

The Guardian - UK

Royal heirs who died before they reigned

Not every hopeful monarch got their chance to ascend the throne, no matter how long they waited

Salon

RSC recruits amateurs from six regions as Shakespeare’s ‘people of England’

Theatre company’s outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2

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