Hugh Bonneville joins Judi Dench in TV Shakespeare adaptations
Hugh Bonneville will soon be seen in the fifth series of Downton Abbey
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Hugh Bonneville is joining Judi Dench and Benedict Cumberbatch in the
cast of the BBC's adaptation of a trilogy of Shakespeare history plays.
The Downton Abbey star will play the Duke of Gloucester in the first of two Henry VI instalments.
Cumberbatch takes centre stage as Richard III in the third part of the Wars of the Roses Hollow Crown series.
The BBC Two dramatisations begin filming later this year, with a transmission date yet to be announced.
Dench will take the role of Cecily, Duchess of York alongside Cumberbatch, who asked the Oscar winner to appear alongside him when she appeared at the Hay Festival earlier this year.
Sally Hawkins will play opposite Bonneville as his wife,
while Sophie Okenodo has been cast in the role of Queen Margaret across
all three plays.
Ben Whishaw's performance in the first Hollow Crown cycle was acclaimed
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