Arena | All The World’s A Screen – Shakespeare on Film

Arts documentary examining cinema adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, notably King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and The Tempest. Penelope Wilton narrates. Part of a season marking the quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth.

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Content
  • Type: Factual
  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Duration: 1'00'31''
  • Broadcast date: 2016
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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  • Shakespeare Archive Resource
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