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Shakespeare : the king's man
Uniform Title
King & the playwright.
Title
Shakespeare : the king's man.
ISBN
9781598289619
1598289616
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Publication
[Silver Spring, Md.] : Athena, [2012]
Physical Description
2 DVDs (approximately 177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide.
Notes
Title from container.
Not rated.
Special features: Bonus disc with the BBC's 1983 production of Macbeth; 12-page viewer's guide; biographies of other prominent playwrights of Shakespeare's day and of host James Shapiro; discussion questions.
Directed and produced by Steven Clarke ; a Green Bay production for BBC.
Originally broadcast by BBC Four in 2012 as The king & the playwright : a Jacobean history.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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.
Variant and related titles
King's man
Macbeth.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2018
Credits
Directed and produced by Steven Clarke ; a Green Bay production for BBC.
Performers
Presented by James Shapiro.
System details note
DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.
Audience
Contains violent images.
Contents
Shakespeare
Macbeth.
Videorecording number
AMP-8961 Athena
Subjects
Genre/Form
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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