Shakespeare’s Restless World | 12: Sex and the City
Documentary about Elizabethan and Jacobean audiences in Shakespeare's time, presented by Neil MacGregor. Part of Shakespeare Season. How a delicate glass goblet reveals the twin seductions of Venice - its sought-after luxuries and its equally sought-after lecherous women.
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- Type: Factual
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 13'33''
- Broadcast date: 2012
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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