Simon Schama
Director
Simon Schama's Shakespeare (2012)
Miniseries
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.
Released June 22, 2012
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.miniseries, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Watch Providers: Britbox Apple TV Channel
Production Companies: Oxford Film and Television, BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - This England
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.
June 22, 2012, midnight
S1E2 - Hollow Crowns
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.
June 29, 2012, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 120 min.
Released: June 22, 2012
Last Air Date: June 29, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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