Simon Schama's Shakespeare

Name: Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-06-22
Cast: Simon Schama, Harriet Walter, Peter de Jersey, Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Menzies

Documentary~59 min

Ended2012-06-22

Seasons

1 Seasons

Episodes

2 Episodes

First Aired

2012-06-22

Last Aired

2012-06-29

Network

BBC Two

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Language

Rating

Synopsis

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.