COLLECTION · Series · 2012

Simon Schama's Shakespeare

Name: Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 10

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.

Source: TMDB

* 10.0 (1)DocumentaryUnited Kingdom

Directors

Creators

Countries

United Kingdom

Studios

BBC Two · Oxford Films · BBC

Runtime

59 min/ep

Release

22/06/2012

Score

10.0 / 10 (1)

Where to watch

Streaming

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

2 episodes · 2012

Episode 1. This England

2012-06-22 · 60 min

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…

Episode 2. Hollow Crowns

2012-06-29 · 60 min

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…

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