Animal Park | Summer 2023 Episode 7
Four hundred years ago, the plays of William Shakespeare were collated for the very first time and published as a folio, and the house has one of the first editions! Kate has an extraordinary opportunity to get close to this piece of history, and in an extraordinary revelation discovers that Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers may have even had a connection with Lord Bath's distant relatives.
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- Type: Factual
- Channel: BBC One
- Duration: 43'46''
- Broadcast date: 2023
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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Omnibus | 50 Years On
Interview with Sir John Gielgud in which he talks about playing Caesar (6'58'') playing Cassius and Angelo (9'35'') playing Hamlet, Romeo and Richard II (19'35'').
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The Best Bottoms in the Land | Shakespeare's Dream in London
Following six amateur actors as they join the Royal Shakespeare Company in performing A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Barbican. Narrated by Sam West.