Bibliograph

Shakespeare, the king's man

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Shakespeare, the king's man

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Contains violent images

Main title

Shakespeare

Oclc number

833204515

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Originally broadcast by BBC Four in 2012 as The king & the playwright : a Jacobean history

Runtime

177

Sub title

the king's man

Summary

In this BBC series, American scholar James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote during the turbulent reign of Elizabeth's successor, King James I. One of the new king's first official acts was to name Shakespeare a king's man. Shapiro convincingly argues that the dark, complex plays of Shakespeare's last decade-King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest, among others-mirrored both royal life and the era's profound social changes

Technique

live action

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King's man

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