Simon Schama's Shakespeare
7.3
2012
Documentary
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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- Cast：
- Simon Schama , Harriet Walter , Peter de Jersey , Simon Russell Beale , Tobias Menzies , Andrew Scott
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June. 29,2012
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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