In Search of Shakespeare | 3: The Duty of Poets
Shakespeare's rise to fortune and fame features in the third of Michael Wood 's four-part series. With Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream he became England's top entertainer. But tragedy struck when his only son died aged 11. Plunged into a midlife crisis, Shakespeare fell for a teenage nobleman, had an affair with a married woman and was summonsed for GBH. Meanwhile, his theatre company built the Globe and, in the midst of it all, he created some of literature's most enduring characters.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- 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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