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• Genre: Miscellaneous
• Date of Composition: 1988
• Commission information: The Royal Shakespeare Company
• Publisher: Manuscript Only

Extra Information:

Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare CompanyFirst performance of this work was on the 22nd of October, 1988 at the RSC Main Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

The Plantagenets Triology was an adaption of Henry VI parts 1,2 & 3 plus Richard III, into three separate plays which ran both separately and as a cycle (performed in one day). The music cues which had a duration of aprox. one and half hours, was scored for an ensemble of eleven musicians- essentially wind, brass, percussion and keyboards, with many doublings for everyone.