Season 1 – Shakespeare: The King's Man

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Apr 2012

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A look at Shakespeare in the reign of King James.

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James Shapiro

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Episode 1

Aired Apr 23, 2012

Incertainties

Featured plays include "Measure for Measure," "Timon of Athens" and Shakespeare's first Jacobean masterpiece, "King Lear."

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Episode 2

Aired Apr 30, 2012

Equivocation

It's 1606 and in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot, the authorities are cracking down on Catholics; Shakespeare's Macbeth captures the anxiety and obsessions of the time.

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Episode 3

Aired May 7, 2012

Legacy

Shakespeare's late plays, like The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, are often seen as mellow swansongs. James Shapiro gives us a different Shakespeare - a playwright still experimenting and alert to the troubled Jacobean world around him.

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Network: BBC
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: History, Documentary
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Apr 23, 2012

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