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Simon Schama's Shakespeare

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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.

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10.0

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Simon Schama

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United Kingdom

SEASONS

1

EPISODES

2

GENRE

Documentary

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Simon Schama

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Harriet Walter

Peter de Jersey

Peter de Jersey

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

Tobias Menzies

Andrew Scott

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S01E02

Hollow Crowns

Simon Schama explores Shakespeare’s attitude to the other great subject of his day - Kingship. He asks how far Shakespeare’s most profound tragedies, including Richard II, Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear, were inspired by his own experience of writing for the courts of Elizabeth and James I.

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