Sunday 13 March 2016

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'HOLLOW CROWN: THE WARS OF THE ROSES' EPIC MINI SERIES WITH JUDI DENCH, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, KEELEY HAWES, HUGH BONNEVILLE, TOM STURIDGE

HOLLOW CROWN: WAR OF ROSES
2ND SERIES OF THE EPIC SAGA
Are you in the mood for some Will Shakespeare this spring? Because the second series of HOLLOW CROWN epic saga this time titled THE WARS OF THE ROSES is about to start at BBC 2 in UK this April and some time later next summer at PBS in USA. Just like the first series, which featured names such as Jeremy Irons, Ben Whishaw and Tom Hiddleston playing crowned heads, this one will also consist of three TV movies. They will be the small screen adaptations of the bard's HENRY VI drama (in two parts) and RICHARD III!

400 YEARS FROM BARD'S DEATH
Describing numerous historical events that marked the rule of Henry VI and Richard III, such as rebellion in France, Civil War in England, rise and fall of Joan Of Arc, HOLLOW CROWN: THE WARS OF THE ROSES boasts a stellar cast which includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Tom Sturidge, Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes and Sally Hawkins! The series airs as a part of BBC's Shakespeare festival  celebrating the 400th anniversary of the bard's death!

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, JUDI DENCH, KEELY HAWES, TOM STURRIDGE LEAD THE CAST
In the first two TV movies on English monarch HENRY VI young star Tom Sturridge plays the king himself, Sophie Okonedo is Queen Margaret of Anjou,  Hugh Bonneville is Duke of Gloucester with Sally Hawkins as his wife Duchess of Gloucester! In the last part, the TV movie on RICHARD III Benedict Cumberbatch plays the evil King Richard who plots his path to rule and layers that path with bodies of friend and foe alike, always wonderful Keeley Hawes is Queen Elizabeth (the star of WHITE QUEEN series from two years ago), her Cinematic Highness Judi Dench is King's mother Cecily Duchess of York, while Phoebe Fox is Queen Anne. Michael Gambon will appear as Sir Edmund Mortimer, Andrew Scott as King Louis XI of France and Samuel West as Bishop of Winchester!

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