Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses " the Elizabethan era's Game of Thrones
Royalty, revolution, adultery ... Trevor Nunn explains what motivated him to revive the great Shakespearean trilogy of The Wars of the Roses: the first box setOn day one of rehearsals, and in a crowd-pleasing attempt to explain to my company of actors just what it was that we were taking on, I told them that with his early history plays, Shakespeare had invented the box set. Much mirth of course, but actually, this c…