Simon Schama's Shakespeare - Season 1 Episode 1 This England
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Jun 22, 2012
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1 - 1This England Jun 22, 2012 -
1 - 2Hollow Crowns Jun 29, 2012
Overview
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.
Year 2012
Studio BBC Two
Director Simon Schama
Popularity 0.7419
Language English





