The King and the Playwright | 2: A Jacobean History: Equivocation
James Shapiro's series about Shakespeare in the reign of King James. It's 1606 and, in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot, Macbeth captures the anxiety of the time.
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Content
- Type: Factual
- Channel: BBC Four
- Duration: 1'00'37''
- 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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