Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
📺 1 Season
🎬 2 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 59 min/episode
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.
Where to Watch (US)
Stream
Britbox Apple TV Channel
Seasons
Season 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.
Cast
Crew
Director
Ashley Gething
Writer
Simon Schama
Network
BBC Two
Production
Oxford Films, BBC
Keywords
miniseries