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.
Ivo van Hove
Director
Ramsey Nasr
Henry V, Richmond
Eelco Smits
Grey, Henry VI
Hans Kesting
Richard III
Hugo Koolschijn
Charles VI, Warwick, Stanley
Aus Greidanus Jr.
Gloucester, Buckingham
Alwin Pulinckx
Exeter, Prince of Wales
Bart Slegers
Chief of Staff, York, Edward IV
Chris Nietvelt
Montjoy, Leonora, Elizabeth
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Cardinal, Rivers
Munich - The Edge of War69%
Radium Girls65%
Panther62%
Oranges and Sunshine69%
Richard Jewell74%
De Slag om de Schelde70%
De Dirigent76%
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan61%
Field of Lost Shoes61%
Ararat61%
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada68%
Waiting for the Barbarians59%
Belfast70%
The Scarlet and the Black70%
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend64%
Nightwatching62%
Niet Schieten73%
Devotion71%
The Last Rifleman66%
Oslo65%
