
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.

as Henry V, Richmond

as Grey, Henry VI

as Richard III

as Charles VI, Warwick, Stanley

as Gloucester, Buckingham

as Exeter, Prince of Wales

as Chief of Staff, York, Edward IV

as Montjoy, Leonora, Elizabeth

as Cardinal, Rivers

as Williams, Prince Edward, Prince of York

as Katharina, Lady Anne

as Duchess of York

as Dauphin, Suffolk, Clarence

as Margareta