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For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of ...
An Act to explain and amend an Act, passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into One Act of Parliament, the several Laws now in being, relating to the raising and training the Militia within that Part of Great Britain called England."
Scott based the name on a scene in William Shakespeare's play Henry VI, Part 1 (Act 2, Scene 4), set in the gardens of the Temple Church, where a number of noblemen and a lawyer pick red or white roses to symbolically display their loyalty to the Lancastrian or Yorkist faction respectively. During Shakespeare's time, the conflict was simply ...
Cover of the play script published in 1970. The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 19% rating based on reviews from 16 critics. [4]Roger Ebert gave it 2 stars out of 4, calling the main characters "sad sacks." [2] Conversely, his on-screen partner Gene Siskel conceded that the film, while a bit odd, contained some touching moments.
This is a list of plays other than those written by William Shakespeare (covered by the above section) that have been adapted into feature films.The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film's director.
Bed of Roses is a 1933 pre-Code romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Constance Bennett. [4] The picture was released by RKO Radio Pictures with a supporting cast featuring Joel McCrea and Pert Kelton. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. [5]
The Roses is an upcoming satirical black comedy drama film directed by Jay Roach. It serves as a reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses directed by Danny DeVito, which was itself an adaptation of the Warren Adler novel of the same name. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Kate McKinnon, and Andy Samberg.