Simon Schama's Shakespeare (2012)
Season 1: Episode 1
Schama explores how, in his history plays, Shakespeare created a vision of England that still rings true today. Against the backdrop of the Reformation, Shakespeare began to dramatize English history and the English character in a new and unprecedented way. From his first blockbuster, Henry VI, he made sure that his England was not just a place where King and Queens strutted and preened, but where ordinary Englishmen and women took centre stage.
Episodes
2 totalAvailability
Multiple subtitles. Streaming in Full HD quality.
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Overview
Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new and fascinating light on some of the greatest plays ever written. He asks the question: "What came first, Englishness, or Shakespeare's idea of it?" and produces a persuasive argument in favour of the latter.
Director
Simon Schama
Cast
Simon Schama, Harriet Walter, Peter de Jersey, Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Menzies
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