A Waste of Shame The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

In 1609 William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries What are the identities of the young man and the dark lady to whom all but two of the sonnets allude This moving performance brings to life the gritty reality of Shakespeares England bits of the Bards plays and poems and the consummate poet and dramatist himself as it exposes these personages unseen but so keenly felt in Shakespeares sonnets and in his life Rupert Graves Tom Sturridge Indira Varma Anna Chancellor and Zoë Wanamaker star Contains mature themes and explicit language Some content may be objectionable Produced by the Open University