Name: In Search of Shakespeare
Genre: Documentary
Released: 19 Jul 2003
Rating: 8.00
Cast: Michael Wood, Desmond Barrit, Ray Fearon, Fred Melamed, Julian Glover

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Jun 28, 2003

1 - 1

A Time of Revolution Jun 28, 2003
1 - 2

The Lost Years Jul 05, 2003
1 - 3

The Duty of Poets Jul 12, 2003
1 - 4

For All Time Jul 19, 2003

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

0 - 1

Extra Footage Jan 01, 1970

Overview

In Episode One, we are introduced to the dark side of Queen Elizabeth's police state – in a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonization of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most important, he also saw at first hand England's Cultural Revolution; an enforced split with the old medieval English spirit world which was to lead the English people into a brave new Protestant future. A split that Michael Wood argues defined Shakespeare's life.

Year 2003

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew David Wallace (Director), Peter Harvey (Cinematography), Rebecca Dobbs (Producer), Michael Wood (Writer), Krishan Arora (Executive Producer), Leo Eaton (Executive Producer)

Popularity 0.3088

Language English