๐Ÿ“œ Overview: Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road. A history series - it focuses not on the plays, but on the history and sets the life of the poet in the extraordinary times in which he lived. We are introduced to the dark world of Queen Elizabeth's police state - a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. We are reminded that Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonisation of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most importantly Shakespeare also lived through Englandโ€™s Cultural Revolution: an enforced split with the old medieval English spirit world which was to lead the English people into a brave new Protestant future.
๐ŸŒ Languages Available: English
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Michael Wood original image
Himself - Host
Michael Wood
Desmond Barrit original image
Various
Desmond Barrit
Ray Fearon original image
Various
Ray Fearon
Fred Melamed original image
Announcer
Fred Melamed
Julian Glover original image
Self
Julian Glover
Gregory Doran original image
Self
Gregory Doran
Eddie Redmayne original image
Self
Eddie Redmayne
Antony Sher original image
Self
Antony Sher

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