In Search of Shakespeare (2003)

Miniseries TV Show
Audience Score
80
In Search of Shakespeare
NR June 28th, 2003Documentary1 Seasons, 4 Episodes
Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road. A history series - it focuses not on the plays, but on the history and sets the life of the poet in the extraordinary times in which he lived. We are introduced to the dark world of Queen Elizabeth's police state - a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. We are reminded that Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonisation of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most importantly Shakespeare also lived through 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.

TV Show Details

Air Date:June 28th, 2003

Last Air Date:July 19th, 2003

Network:BBC Two
Status:Ended

Genres: Documentary

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Maya Vision International
In Search of Shakespeare on the Web:Official Website