Simon Schama’s Shakespeare | 2: Hollow Crowns
Simon Schama looks at how Shakespeare's most profound tragedies may have been inspired by the bard's experiences writing for the courts of Elizabeth I and James I.
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- Type: Factual
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 1'00'32''
- Broadcast date: 2012
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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