In Search of Shakespeare | 4: For All Time
Michael Wood focuses on the Bard's life during the reign of King James I in the final part of the documentary series. As well as a visit to the present Queen's royal robe-makers that provides evidence of Shakespeare's role in the coronation, Wood examines the popular effect of the Gunpowder Plot, to which the playwright responded with a tale of regicide, and also sheds new light on Shakespeare's strange bequest to his wife Anne in his will.
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- Type: Factual
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 59'16''
- Broadcast date: 2003
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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