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What drew Barry Rutter to the plays
 
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Origins of Northern Broadsides
 
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Who are Northern Broadsides?
 
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What drew Barrie Rutter to the plays

Director and actor Barrie Rutter, himself Yorkshire born and bred, explains what drew him to stage The Wars of the Roses , Shakespeare’s epic account of the long and bloody English civil wars fought between the opposing powers of York and Lancaster. As Rutter says, something of that bitter rivalry continues to this day although expressed now in humour and sport.

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